Wallace Loh

Who is Wallace Loh?

Wallace D. Loh 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.