Seattue U dean Wallace Loh named provost of U of Iowa

Wallace Loh, dean of the Seattle University College of Arts and Sciences, has been named executive vice president and provost of the University of Iowa.

It's a homecoming of sorts for Loh, who left China for Peru as a child and came to Iowa at age 16 to enroll in college at Iowa Wesleyan. He transferred to Grinnell College, where he earned his undergraduate degree, and later earned a law degree from Yale University.

Loh has been at Seattle U since 1999. He's expected to start work second-in-command at the University of Iowa on Aug. 1.

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Information from: Iowa City Press-Citizen, http://www.press-citizen.com/