John Barjis Malouf

John had been battling a very aggressive form of Leukemia for approx. 1 year, and after several months of an exhaustive treatment during a clinical trial, John decided it was time for him to go home to be with his Heavenly Father and other Heavenly Family members.

John came to the USA when he was 17 years old to continue his formal education. He became a US citizen in 1978. Becoming an engineer was am aspiration John had from the time he was 10 years old. He was always very studious and the head of his class while in school in Lebanon. He and his family worked very diligently for John to be able to come to Dayton, Ohio to attend the University. Shortly after arriving in Dayton John was encouraged to move to Lubbock to be close to his uncles, his father's brothers, who agreed to help him complete his engineering degree at Texas Tech University. He attended Texas Tech from 1966 to 1969

• He received both his Bachelors of Science majoring in Civil Engineering in 1969, and his Masters of Science in Civil Engineering in 1970 from Texas Tech University. As John completed his Masters Degree, he met and married his first wife, Estela Pena. They later moved to Cincinnati, where they both completed their PhD's. John also obtained his PE license and consulted with an engineering firm in Cincinnati, prior to moving back to TX. He went on to complete his second Doctoral Degree in Environmental Engineering at Texas A & M in 1974, where he was also on faculty. Receiving this lifelong dream was made more memorable as the Vice President of the United States, Honorable George R. Ford handed him his diploma.

• Dr. John began his career as a professor teaching Environmental Engineering, industrial and municipal wastewater treatment plant, etc Later in his career, he also served as a visiting professor at several international universities in the Middle East and Venezuela.

• In 1974 he accepted his post with the Texas Attorney General, as Technical/Environmental Advisor to John Hill for six years. He was able to gain a wealth of knowledge that enabled him to address legal and environmental issues on a state level in Texas, and on a federal level in Washington, DC. He was active in many regulatory committees that initiated most RCRA hazardous waste regulations that we have and use today. He was also instrumental in passing through the US Congress several amendments, one of which was called the “Edwards Aquifer Amendment,” that was promoted in 1976 and passed in 1977, designating the Aquifer as the sole water supply for one million people in San Antonio, Texas. He also convinced the Attorney General and the TNRCC to allow the cities to use their violation penalties to improve their wastewater facilities throughout the State of Texas

• After the Republican regime came into office in Texas in 1979, John moved his family to Houston, Texas where he continued his Environmental Engineering career by joining Parsons International Engineering. He held a VP position and worked in Jeddah and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia where he spent four years during the urban planning, design/construction of the new city of Yanbu. He was in charge of the planning, design and construction of the housing facilities. He also was in charge of oil spills in the red sea.

• John went on to spend more than a third of his approx 50 year career in the Middle East, with 15 of those years being with Parsons International. He was an amazing leader in several prominent Engineering companies during his career.

• After returning to the US from the middle-east for the first time in 1983, John worked with ENSR for six years as VP and Principal providing engineering services to industries in most of the environmental and hazardous waste engineering disciplines. He managed 6 offices and 800+ engineers, while also in charge of the Department of Defense and industry business development program throughout the U.S. The experience he gained in in working with the Department of Defense is what was instrumental for his career when he returned to the Middle- East in 1989 during Desert Storm and 2004 during the IRAQi war.

• In 1989 John joined Aramco where he headed up their US operations in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Malouf was also in charge of the oil spill and air pollution programs that was initiated as a result of the Gulf War. Major engineering decisions were implemented to reduce the impact of oil spill on the water intakes of the many desalination water facilities located on Saudi Arabia’s eastern shores.

• IN 1994, he once again, returned to the US and he joined CH2MHILL as VP and Director for Business Development for industries located in the Southeast.

• In 1998 -2001, he joined Enron/EI/Azurix, Dr. Malouf was the Director on numerous BOOT water and wastewater projects, pipelines, and other infrastructure projects in the US, South America, Russia, Africa, and the Middle East. He was the Director for the Middle East and Africa BOOT for projects (short-listed in five countries, for a total value of $5.2 billion).

• In 2001, shortly before the crash of the Enron stock John temporarily retired from Corporate America, he met Astrid Schuur and they were later married, while John began his real estate and construction career in the Conroe and Willis area.

• In 2004, John rejoined Parsons International Engineering and continued to work for them throughout the Middle east for over 11 years, including USAID PROGRAM IRAQ from 2004 to 2007 during the Iraqi war, Program Director in the UAE from 2007 to 2011, then back to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia where his career with Parsons started in 1979, as Program Director for Saudi Arabia Municipality construction and Operation and maintenance for all their projects.

John was always committed to providing not only for his immediate family but maintained supporting his family members who still live in a very economically distressed country. He had a very giving and loving nature his entire life, dating back to his early years in Lebanon. He was a man with very broad shoulders and a big heart. He shared the fruits of his successful career with many. God has saved a special place for this amazing man!

John is survived by his wife Astrid, his daughter, Maddie, age 8, his two Adult Children Gabriel and Jacqueline Malouf from his first Marriage to Estela Pena Malouf. He also had 2 grand children, Jesse, age 19 and Jonah Malouf, age 16.

He was predeceased by his mother and Father, Nimreh Hajj Maalouf and Barjis Maalouf, 3 sisters, Ida Malouf, Lora Malouf Shaheen, Salwa Malouf Masry, and a brother Elie Malouf. He is survived by 5 sisters Mary Maalouf Aprat, Georgette Maalouf Eid, Jeanette Maalouf, Jacqueline Maalouf Badaro, Najat Maalouf and his brother George Barjis Maalouf. He is also survived by many Nieces and nephews, as well as great nieces and nephews, and a few great, great nieces and nephews.