Rollen Edward Houser is a Thomistic philosopher and professor emeritus at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas.
[4] In 1970, Hauser entered the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of Toronto, earning an M.A.
[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.