Albert Habeeb

1914 - 2018

Albert Frederick William Habeeb, M.D. died August 5, 2018. The doctor was a board certified (1963) Ophthalmologist practicing in the New Orleans area until his retirement in Dec 1982. He was a graduate of Tulane School of Medicine and attained clinical professor status teaching surgical eye technique at Tulane and The Eye Ear Nose and Throat Hospital. He was born Nov. 3, 1914, in Elmira, NY. He was a graduate of Vicksburg's Carr Central High School and MS College with a BA in Biology. He volunteered in the Army Medical Reserves his senior year at Tulane, and after his internship at Southern Baptist Hospital, he spent over four years active duty in military service during WW II, attaining the rank of Major & Flight Surgeon with the U.S. Air Force, having foreign duty in China, Burma, India theater. During the Korean conflict he served in 1950-51 with the Louisiana National Guard. His post-graduate education in Ophthalmology was completed with a scholarship award from The Gulf States Eye Surgical Foundation. He began private practice and teaching in 1949. He maintained membership in professional medical organizations and officer ships at The Metairie General and Eye Ear Nose and Throat Hospitals. For over 35 years he served non-compensated as medical officer with the draft board and as Ophthalmologist medical advisor to the Hearing and Appeal Board, Social Security System. In 1989 he enlisted Metairie Rotary club to help plant 190 trees at the Bonnabel Boat Launch Park. He was a Past President of the George Washington Chapter and The Louisiana Society of The Sons of the American Revolution. His memberships in The Rotary Club of Metairie, The New Orleans Power Squadron and The Free and Accepted Masonic Order exceeded seventy years. His hobbies included gardening, fishing, boating, hunting, photography and genealogy. Dr. Habeeb was married to Dorothy Van Lue, who predeceased him in 1992, and they have two daughters Patricia Ann Habeeb (Mrs. Paul) Muehlemann, Jr. and Susan Habeeb Leavines Harris, one grandson Christopher Frederick Leavines, and one great grandson Isaac Elias Leavines who survive him. He is also survived by his brother Edward Lee Habeeb's wife Mary Christine Bogue of Vicksburg, MS, and her daughters Linda Lee Habeeb Thill and daughter, Anna, of Glen Allen, VA, and Paula Christine Habeeb Wall and son Bryson, of Birmingham, AL one sister, Florence Habeeb Cordell-Reeh of New Orleans, LA and daughter Danica Cordell-Reeh Owsley, and two twin children, Camille and Cordell. He was predeceased by one sister Helen Katherine Habeeb George Robinson, and her two surviving sons Peter Michael and Kenneth George of New Orleans and Lake Ariel, PA. and their children. He is also predeceased by three brothers Paul Nicholas, Habeeb Michael, III and Edward Lee Habeeb and his parents Habeeb Michael Elias Habeeb and Lena Esther Keene of Vicksburg, MS. Guests may register at www.caruth-hale.com.