Jawdat Haydar’s Biography

Jawdat Haydar’s Biography

Jawdat R. Haydar was born in Baalbeck on 23rd April 1905. He went to the Evangelical School in Baalbeck and, in 1918, completed his first year at AUB which was known at that time as the Syrian Protestant College. He traveled to France and chose agriculture as a major at the Lycée du Park in Lyon, and then traveled to the United States to pursue his higher education at AM&C College. In 1925, he graduated with a BS in Education from North Texas State University.

In 1928, Jawdat Haydar returned to Lebanon and worked in education becoming a school headmaster at Aley National College in Lebanon. Then he moved to Palestine where he was appointed as the director of El Najah College in Nablus and later was appointed a member of the board of the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education. In 1932, he returned to Lebanon and joined the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) in Tripoli where he spent 28 years in different senior positions. In 1960, he resigned and returned to Baalbeck where he had a dream to spend his life in writing poetry. He wrote four anthologies in English published by Vantage Press -New York: Voices, Echoes, Shadows and 101 Selected Poems. Jawdat Haydar died peacefully at his home on the 4th December 2006.

Throughout his life, and in recognition of his outstanding achievments, he was awarded many medals among them were the Golden Medal of Lebanese Merit, the Lebanese Order of the Cedars, the Ninth Medal from Pope John XXIII and the Croix de Grand Officier in France as well as the Pope Alexander III Antakia Medal.

In 2000, Haydar's poem, "The Temple of Baalbeck" was chosen to be taught to students when it was included in the National English Language Textbook Themes for the Second Secondary Year Humanities Section. To commemorate his achievements, the same poem has been on display at the entrance of the museum in his hometown Baalbeck.

Jawdat Haydar’s Biography

Jawdat Haydar’s Biography

Jawdat R. Haydar was born in Baalbeck on 23rd April 1905. He went to the Evangelical School in Baalbeck and, in 1918, completed his first year at AUB which was known at that time as the Syrian Protestant College. He traveled to France and chose agriculture as a major at the Lycée du Park in Lyon, and then traveled to the United States to pursue his higher education at AM&C College. In 1925, he graduated with a BS in Education from North Texas State University.

In 1928, Jawdat Haydar returned to Lebanon and worked in education becoming a school headmaster at Aley National College in Lebanon. Then he moved to Palestine where he was appointed as the director of El Najah College in Nablus and later was appointed a member of the board of the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education. In 1932, he returned to Lebanon and joined the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) in Tripoli where he spent 28 years in different senior positions. In 1960, he resigned and returned to Baalbeck where he had a dream to spend his life in writing poetry. He wrote four anthologies in English published by Vantage Press -New York: Voices, Echoes, Shadows and 101 Selected Poems. Jawdat Haydar died peacefully at his home on the 4th December 2006.

Throughout his life, and in recognition of his outstanding achievments, he was awarded many medals among them were the Golden Medal of Lebanese Merit, the Lebanese Order of the Cedars, the Ninth Medal from Pope John XXIII and the Croix de Grand Officier in France as well as the Pope Alexander III Antakia Medal.

In 2000, Haydar's poem, "The Temple of Baalbeck" was chosen to be taught to students when it was included in the National English Language Textbook Themes for the Second Secondary Year Humanities Section. To commemorate his achievements, the same poem has been on display at the entrance of the museum in his hometown Baalbeck.

Jawdat Haydar’s Biography

Jawdat Haydar’s Biography

Jawdat R. Haydar was born in Baalbeck on 23rd April 1905. He went to the Evangelical School in Baalbeck and, in 1918, completed his first year at AUB which was known at that time as the Syrian Protestant College. He traveled to France and chose agriculture as a major at the Lycée du Park in Lyon, and then traveled to the United States to pursue his higher education at AM&C College. In 1925, he graduated with a BS in Education from North Texas State University.

In 1928, Jawdat Haydar returned to Lebanon and worked in education becoming a school headmaster at Aley National College in Lebanon. Then he moved to Palestine where he was appointed as the director of El Najah College in Nablus and later was appointed a member of the board of the Palestinian Ministry of Higher Education. In 1932, he returned to Lebanon and joined the Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) in Tripoli where he spent 28 years in different senior positions. In 1960, he resigned and returned to Baalbeck where he had a dream to spend his life in writing poetry. He wrote four anthologies in English published by Vantage Press -New York: Voices, Echoes, Shadows and 101 Selected Poems. Jawdat Haydar died peacefully at his home on the 4th December 2006.

Throughout his life, and in recognition of his outstanding achievments, he was awarded many medals among them were the Golden Medal of Lebanese Merit, the Lebanese Order of the Cedars, the Ninth Medal from Pope John XXIII and the Croix de Grand Officier in France as well as the Pope Alexander III Antakia Medal.

In 2000, Haydar's poem, "The Temple of Baalbeck" was chosen to be taught to students when it was included in the National English Language Textbook Themes for the Second Secondary Year Humanities Section. To commemorate his achievements, the same poem has been on display at the entrance of the museum in his hometown Baalbeck.