He also received OSA's Charles Hard Townes Medal in 1987, and was a Fellow of the society.

[3] Haus authored or co-authored eight books (see section below), published nearly 300 articles, and presented his work at virtually every major conference and symposium on laser and quantum electronics and quantum optics around the world.

He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1995 and was adopted into RPI's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2007.

His father, Otto Maximilian Haus, was a leading Slovenian doctor who investigated tuberculosis.

The tomb of his great-grandmother Marija Haus (Walter) is still in Bubnjarci, Croatia.