R. E. Houser
Philosopher and professor
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Rollen Edward Houser is a Thomistic philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas.[3]
- University of Texas at Austin (BA)
- University of Toronto (MA, STL, PhD)
Rollen Edward Houser | |
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| Spouse | Mary Catherine Sommers |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | |
| Alma mater |
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| Thesis | Thomas Aquinas on Transcendental Unity: The Scholastics and Aristotelian Predecessors (1981) |
| Edward A. Synan[1][2] | |
| Philosophical work | |
| Institutions | University of St. Thomas |
Biography
Raised in Texas, Hauser earned a liberal arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1968.[4] He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[5] After graduation, he served in the US military until 1970, including a deployment to Vietnam.[4] In 1970, Hauser entered the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto, earning an M.A. in 1973, a licentiate in 1976, and a Ph.D. in 1981.[4]
Houser taught at Niagara University from 1976 to 1987 before taking a post at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas.[4] He retired in 2018, and in 2019 he was awarded the Aquinas Medal from the American Catholic Philosophical Association.[3][4] In view of the award, Archbishop J. Michael Miller said, "Dr. Ed Houser has made an outstanding contribution to scholarship on St Thomas."[3]
Hauser is married to Mary Catherine Sommers, also a faculty member at the University of St. Thomas.[3] They have four children.[3]
Bibliography
- The Cardinal Virtues: Aquinas, Albert, Philip the Chancellor (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2004)
- Logic as a Liberal Art: An Introduction to Rhetoric and Reasoning (The Catholic University of America Press, 2020)