Editing Tim Hauser (section)

==Early life==
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Hauser was born in [[Troy, New York|Troy]], New York. When he was seven he moved with his family to the [[Jersey Shore]], living in [[Wanamassa, New Jersey|Wanamassa, Ocean Township, Monmouth County]], and, later, in [[Asbury Park, New Jersey|Asbury Park]].<ref>Jordan, Chris. [https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/10/16/shores-tim-hauser-of-manhattan-transfer-has-died/17386263/ "Shore's Tim Hauser of Manhattan Transfer has died"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', October 16, 2014. Accessed June 9, 2020. "Hauser, formerly of the Wanamassa section of Ocean Township, attended the first rock 'n' roll show in Asbury Park, a concert by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers in 1956."</ref> He graduated in 1959 from [[St. Rose High School]] ([[Belmar, New Jersey|Belmar]]), where an award in his name has been given every year since 1989 to students who excel in theater arts.<ref>[[Michael Lally (poet)|Lally, Michael]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=gacBQc8nKZkC&pg=PA160 ''It's Not Nostalgia: Poetry & Prose''], p. 160. [[David R. Godine, Publisher]], 1999. {{ISBN|1-57423-111-1}}. Accessed July 28, 2011. "Turns out Hauser went to Saint Rose's High School in Belmar, New Jersey, where I served mass every summer when I stayed down my grandmother's house in South Belmar. I went to St. Rose's summer school when the priest who taught Latin at my high school in Newark failed me, because he thought it would be good for me to spend the summer in school."</ref>

When he was fifteen, he began to sing professionally. He founded a [[doo-wop]] quartet named The Criterions.<ref name="Williams">{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Candy |title=Manhattan Transfer keeps it swinging with Greensburg show |work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |date=December 4, 2009 |quote=Even before he founded the quartet, Hauser was singing professionally since age 15, when as a teenager living with his family in Asbury Park, N.J., he started up a rock 'n' roll quintet called the Criterions}}</ref> For the Cecilia label the Criterions recorded two singles: "I Remain Truly Yours" and "Don't Say Goodbye". The group appeared on the ''Big Beat Show'' hosted by [[Alan Freed]].{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In 1959, Hauser entered [[Villanova University]]. With Tommy West and Jim Ruf, both from The Criterions, he formed the folk group the Troubadours Three. He was a member of the Villanova Singers and the Villanova Spires/Coventry Lads with classmate [[Jim Croce]]. He spent four years on the staff of college radio station WWVU. In 1963, he graduated from Villanova with a degree in economics. In 1964, Hauser served in the [[United States Air Force]] and the [[New Jersey Air National Guard]].{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In 1965, he began his career in marketing. From 1965 to 1966, he worked as a market research analyst with the advertising agency Sullivan, Stauffer, Colwell, and Bayles. His accounts included Pepsodent Toothpaste (Lever Bros.), Micrin Mouthwash (Johnson & Johnson), and Rise Shaving Cream (Carter Products). {{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

From 1966 to 1968, he worked as manager of the Market Research Department for the Special Products Division of [[Nabisco]]. His accounts included cereal and pet food.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}