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Najeeb Halaby (; September 19 , 1915 - July 2 , 2003 ) was a U.S. businessman, government official, and the father of Queen Noor of Jordan . Halaby was born in Dallas, Texas to Najeeb Elias Halaby , a Syrian -born immigrant of Lebanese descent, , and Laura Wilkins Halaby, a native of Graham, Texas . He was a graduate of The Leelanau School , a Boarding School in Glen Arbor, Michigan and is enshrined in that school's Hall of Fame. A 1937 alumnus of Stanford University and Yale Law School ( 1940 ), he served as a Navy test pilot in World War II . From 1961 to 1965 , he served as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration . From 1969 to 1972 , he served as CEO of Pan Am . He was married three times, first to Doris Carlquist until they divorced in 1977 . They had three children, Lisa (later Queen Noor Of Jordan ), '''Christian''', and '''Alexa'''. He was married to the former Jane Allison Coates from 1980 until her death in 1996 . From 1997 until his death in McLean, Virginia , he was married to the former Libby Anderson Cater . EXTERNAL LINK
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