Najeeb Halaby is known for making the first transcontinental jet flight in American history and his service as chairman of Pan Am from 1969 to 1972.
10 Facts About Najeeb Halaby
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Najeeb Halaby's father was Najeeb Elias Halaby, a Lebanese-Syrian Christian who was born in Zahle and whose parents hailed from Aleppo, arrived in the United States in 1891.
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Najeeb Halaby's father died shortly afterward, and his estate was unable to continue the new enterprise.
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Najeeb Halaby was a graduate of The Leelanau School, a boarding school in Glen Arbor Township, Michigan, and is enshrined in that school's Hall of Fame.
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On May 1,1945, Najeeb Halaby made history by making the first transcontinental jet flight in US history.
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Najeeb Halaby took off from Muroc Air Force Base in California, and landed at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, 5 hours and 40 minutes later.
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Najeeb Halaby joined Laurance Rockefeller's family office in 1953, reviewing investments in civil aviation.
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Najeeb Halaby married Doris Carlquist in Washington, DC, on December 24,1945 until he divorced her in 1977.
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Najeeb Halaby attended the state funeral of his son-in-law King Hussein as a member of the United States delegation in February, 1999.
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Najeeb Halaby was married to the former Jane Allison Coates from 1980 until her death in 1996.