Doris Holt Haussler taught music at several SDA schools. She and her husband John, a history graduate from Walla Walla College, would be associated with five SDA institutions* of higher learning during his 60-year career.

When her husband accepted a position at Southern Junior College, now Southern Adventist University, in 1928, Doris was hired to teach piano and voice on a commission basis. She had been a successful and inspiring music teacher at Southwestern Junior College, now Southwester Adventist University, where they had previously taught and by the end of their first year at SJC, her success as a part-time teacher led to her appointment as head of the music department. During the next six years she conducted a women's chorus and the orchestra, organized and accompanied vocal groups and soloists, and made the first effort to create a school song.

While officially, John was to teach all of the history and government classes and some Bible, he also assisted in music, directing the college church choir, college chorus, and a male glee club. He also taught a conducting class and led out in regular regional radio broadcasts of college choral groups.

Even though the Hausslers were totally immersed in all aspects of life at the school, they still found time to take students on field trips to attend classical music events in nearby Chattanooga. Following their time at SJC, he served as principal at Walla Walla Valley Academy, where she taught music from 1935 until 1941, when they moved to La Sierra College, now La Sierra University.

In 1969, she completed a book titled From Immigrant to Emissary, the story of William Landeen, a prominent SDA educator, who, at a pivotal time in her husband's life, had influenced and inspired him to pursue an education.

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*Canadian Junior College, now Canadian Union College University; Southwestern Junior College, now Southwestern Adventist University; Southern Junior College, now Southern Adventist University; La Sierra College, now La Sierra University; and Loma Linda University.