Joseph (Joe) was born in Bagdad, Iraq on October 03, 1936 to Rachel and Haim Kallaby.
Joe was President and Principal Engineer of Offshore Structures Inc. which he founded in 1980. Joe majored in structural engineering, earning Master of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from Oklahoma State University and the University of California at Berkeley. He was a licensed Professional Engineer in Texas, California, and New York. He was D.OE (Diplomate Ocean Engineer) elected by COPNE (Academy of Costal, Ocean, Port and Navigation Engineers) of ASCE.
Joe has extensive structural engineering expertise in the design and certification of offshore platforms and marine structures. He served as an international consultant on platform structures and has written extensively on their design. He wrote the earthquake design code for offshore platforms and developed the “Pushover” procedure for ultimate strength and reserve strength analyses of structures, now a structural analysis procedure used worldwide. It won the coveted ASCE OTC Hall of Fame Award.
Joe joined the SEAoT Houston/Gulf Coast chapter in 1992 and served as its President in 1998.
He served as the Houston chapter’s state director for more than a decade, and was elected state President in 2003.
In 2010, Joe agreed to chair the newly formed State Conference Committee. Joe was also chairman of the Technical and Code committee, and has served as chairman of several state and chapters committees.
Joe leaves his legacy to be embraced by his wife Halina; adult children Desiree, David, and Joan Kallaby, Anne Kallaby Johnstone and husband Dave Johnstone, and Elizabeth Kasper; grandchildren Jeremy, Brian, Sydney, Mason, Brenden, Lendsey, and Eliot; and one great grandchild Wesley.
He had great love for family and music, dancing and socializing with friends and relatives, and living life to its fullest. His continuing quest for knowledge kept him on his toes and allowed him to strive for and attain great achievement. He had a witty sense of humor and loved to make people laugh. His zest for life and charming personality will be missed by friends and relatives alike all over the world.
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After the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted there will be a celebration of life service. Details of this service will be provided when available.
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