Dr. Nabil Anton Khabbaz
KHABBAZ, SALAH, SANTARELLI
Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 8/31/2021 at 06:55:52
Long time college Professor Dr. Nabil Anton Khabbaz, 86, died peacefully Wednesday, July 28th, 2021, at UIHC. He was passionate about education, Christianity, and following the stock market.
Graveside Committal services will be held Sunday, August 15th @ 1:00 PM @ Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City. Father Gary Beckman from St. Wenceslaus Church will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Iowa Lion’s Eye Bank.
Nabil was born March 8, 1935, in Akka, Palestine, and migrated to the US from Lebanon after high school to attend Bethel College in Kansas under the tutelage of Dr. Arnold Wedel. Nabil was the last surviving of five children born to Antone Khalil Khabbaz (father) and Mary Salah (mother). Nabil was one of the 1st members of the nationally prestigious Putnam Mathematics Competition and his score remains one of the highest since 1959. He graduated from Bethel College, went to Yale, finishing his master’s in mathematics, and his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa in computer science. During his teaching career, he taught at Boston College, the University of Virginia, and the University of Iowa.
His family would like to extend a deep thank you to Dr. Yousef Zakharia, UIHC, Dr. Keith Hanlon, West Music as well as his home health team Christian, Keeshia, Eileen, and countless others who facilitated, honored, and valued his independent thinking and lifestyle.
Nabil is survived by his son Anton Nabil Khabbaz, and former daughter-in-law Lidia Santarelli, grandchildren Clara and Leila Khabbaz of Princeton, NJ. He is also survived by his daughter Rawan and granddaughter Ava Khabbaz of Boston, MA. Members of the extended family live in the Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire areas.
Special mention goes to Anne Rizzo and her family of Iowa City, Dr. Matthew Rizzo, Ellie Rizzo, and Devin DeLuna and Francesca Rizzo for their years of unwavering care, support, compassion, and devotion during such unprecedented times up until the day he passes.
Nabil greatly valued education for all ages, especially the youth, and significantly praised and appreciated this country for all the opportunities it offered him to actualize and blossom. He always took the time to thank everyone for the gracious gifts their lives brought to him.
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