Ed Hauser
Encyclopedia
Ed "Citizen" Hauser was a citizen activist in the Cleveland, Ohio
area.
in 1979 and Cleveland State University
in 1990.
An electrical engineer by training, Hauser was laid off by LTV Steel on December 10, 2001 along with all his co-workers. As am LTV employee, he routinely published articles to educate public about the Whiskey Island. Thousands dollars of his money was spent to save Whiskey Island. His appreciation for Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River led him to fight for the protection of Whiskey Island, the scenic spit
of shoreline where the Cuyahoga River
meets Lake Erie
.
of natural landmarks and public access to these resources. As the head of Friends of Whiskey Island, Hauser fought to protect the last piece of natural shoreline in Cleveland. Hauser collected signatures for petition
s, represented the public interest at hundreds of commission meetings and other events. He spent personal funds, including from his retirement plan, as part of a campaign from 1998 to 2005 to preserve 20 acres (80,937.2 m²) of Whiskey Island as a park while blocking the expansion plans of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority.
In addition to protecting Whiskey Island, Hauser also served as a citizen watchdog on Port Authority activities, championed a steel museum in Steelyard Commons, was vocal about Cleveland's lakefront plans and petitioned the lack of public referendum for the Cuyahoga County Medical Mart
tax.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
area.
Early life and education
Hauser was the fourth of five children born to Walter and the late Theresia Hauser. He graduated from Maple Heights High SchoolMaple Heights High School
Maple Heights High School is a public high school located in Maple Heights, Ohio, southeast of Cleveland, Ohio. It was the first high school in America to offer a credit class in Popular culture studies, created in 1975...
in 1979 and Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University
Cleveland State University is a public university located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 when the state of Ohio assumed control of Fenn College, and it absorbed the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1969...
in 1990.
An electrical engineer by training, Hauser was laid off by LTV Steel on December 10, 2001 along with all his co-workers. As am LTV employee, he routinely published articles to educate public about the Whiskey Island. Thousands dollars of his money was spent to save Whiskey Island. His appreciation for Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River led him to fight for the protection of Whiskey Island, the scenic spit
Spit (landform)
A spit or sandspit is a deposition landform found off coasts. At one end, spits connect to land, and extend into the sea. A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at cove's headlands, by the process of longshore drift...
of shoreline where the Cuyahoga River
Cuyahoga River
The Cuyahoga River is located in Northeast Ohio in the United States. Outside of Ohio, the river is most famous for being "the river that caught fire", helping to spur the environmental movement in the late 1960s...
meets Lake Erie
Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the...
.
Career
Hauser championed the preservationHistoric preservation
Historic preservation is an endeavor that seeks to preserve, conserve and protect buildings, objects, landscapes or other artifacts of historical significance...
of natural landmarks and public access to these resources. As the head of Friends of Whiskey Island, Hauser fought to protect the last piece of natural shoreline in Cleveland. Hauser collected signatures for petition
Petition
A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer....
s, represented the public interest at hundreds of commission meetings and other events. He spent personal funds, including from his retirement plan, as part of a campaign from 1998 to 2005 to preserve 20 acres (80,937.2 m²) of Whiskey Island as a park while blocking the expansion plans of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority.
In addition to protecting Whiskey Island, Hauser also served as a citizen watchdog on Port Authority activities, championed a steel museum in Steelyard Commons, was vocal about Cleveland's lakefront plans and petitioned the lack of public referendum for the Cuyahoga County Medical Mart
Medical Mart
The Medical Mart project is the $465 million joint venture by Cuyahoga County and MMPI to construct a permanent showroom of medical, surgical and hospital goods along with a new convention center in Cleveland, Ohio. Construction of the project, which is largely being funded by a 0.25% sales tax...
tax.
External links
- Ed Hauser, 47, environmental activist who fought to preserve Whiskey Island - Cleveland Plain Dealer, Nov 16th, 2008
- Cuyahoga County Planning Commission
- Friends of Whiskey Island
- Rest in Peace Citizen Hauser - Compilation of tributes from his friends and colleagues at REALNEO
- Ed’s blog on REALNEO
- Ed Hauser interview with Meet The Bloggers 08/28/06
- Citizen Hauser - Short excerpt from the documentary film 'Citizen Hauser' - by Blue Hole Productions (2006)
- Citizen Hauser film on WorldCat
- Ed "citizen" Hauser, rest in peace - A tribute to Ed on GreenCityBlueLake
- Bringing the pain - Cleveland Magazine article about Ed, May 2008
- A Conversation with "Citizen" Ed Hauser - Interview on CoolCleveland
- "Citizen" Ed Hauser Replies - Ed's follow-up editorial to his CoolCleveland interview
- Whiskey Island's Future - Cleveland Free Times article, June 11, 2003