1. Wallace Dao-kui Loh is an American university administrator.
11 Facts About Wallace Loh
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Wallace Loh was the president of the University of Maryland, College Park, from 2010 until 2020.
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Wallace Loh's grandparents owned five blocks' worth of downtown Shanghai property, and his father was a diplomat.
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In 1949, when Mao Zedong took over China after the Communist Revolution, the Loh family sought asylum in Lima, Peru.
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Wallace Loh went to the United States for college, earning a bachelor's degree from Grinnell College.
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Wallace Loh later earned a master's degree from Cornell where he was elected for membership in the Telluride House, a Ph.
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Wallace Loh 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.
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Wallace Loh wrote an editorial in Time magazine discussing the importance of an open dialogue on cultural differences between the student population.
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Wallace Loh participated in the planning and development of a memorial square to Frederick Douglass to honor his contributions to America's quest for freedom, liberty, and equal rights.
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Wallace Loh announced on October 30,2018, that he would retire as president of the University of Maryland on June 30,2019, following a detailed investigation into McNair's death.
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On January 30,2019, Wallace Loh moved his retirement date from June 2019 to June 2020 due to the university's lack of a ready replacement.