Wallace Loh

Wallace D. Loh
President of the University of Maryland, College Park
Incumbent
Assumed office November 1, 2010
Personal details
Born	1946 (age 77–78) Shanghai, China
Nationality	Chinese/Peruvian/American
Alma mater	Grinnell College University of Michigan Yale University

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The University of Maryland Art Gallery celebrated its 50th anniversary on Feb. 24, 2016 with a memorable art exhibition. Among those attending were President Wallace D. Loh and his wife, Barbara, on the left; and Prof. David C. Driskell, along with Prof. Dagmar Henney, on the right. Photo courtesy University of Maryland Art Gallery, used with permission.

Wallace D. Loh (born 1946) is the current president of the University of Maryland, College Park, having assumed his role on November 1, 2010.

Loh was born in Shanghai, and emigrated at a young age to Lima, Peru. He went to the United States for college, earning a bachelor's degree from Grinnell College. He later earned a master's degree from Cornell, a doctorate in psychology from the University of Michigan, and a law degree from Yale.

Before becoming the president at University of Maryland, College Park, Loh spent three decades in higher education. He has been dean of the University of Washington Law School, vice chancellor of the University of Colorado, a dean at Seattle University, and most recently provost at the University of Iowa where he oversaw budgets and personnel for the state university's eleven colleges.

During his career in academic administration, Loh has led campaigns to curb underage drinking at University of Iowa, and more significantly, to diversify the University of Washington Law School.

External links

• Biography at University of Maryland, College Park