Timothy J. Hauser (December 6, 1948,[1] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – August 18, 2005, Nags Head, North Carolina) was an American economist in public administration and the civil service of the United States.
He did additional postgraduate work at the Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, in Washington, D.C., and in Bologna, Italy.
He moved to the United States Department of Commerce on the staff of the assistant secretary for policy before 1980.
In 1991, he became the first career civil servant to be appointed deputy undersecretary of the Commerce Department.
[4][5] The International Trade Administration has established the Timothy J. Hauser Award in his honour.