Wallace d loh biography of donald

He was the president of the University of Maryland, College Park , from until Loh was born in Shanghai to a prominent family.

Loh was born in Shanghai, China.

His grandparents owned five blocks' worth of downtown Shanghai property [ where? He later earned a master's degree from Cornell where he was elected for membership in the Telluride House , [ 3 ] a Ph. 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 recently, to diversify the University of Washington Law School. During his time as president, the university saw a In , he endured a personnel scandal related to the death of a football player, Jordan McNair.

The following day, October 31, Loh fired D. Durkin against the desire of the University's Board of Regents, which voted to retain Durkin as head football coach. On January 30, , Loh moved his retirement date from June to June due to the university's lack of a ready replacement. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.