The University of Maryland has selected University of Iowa provost Wallace D. Loh as its new president, according to the Washington Post. The University had been actively searching for a new president after C.D. Mote announced he would be retiring after a 12-year tenure in College Park.

Loh will assume presidential responsibilities on Monday, November 1.

Loh has an impressive resume: he has held administrative positions at the University of Washington Law School (Dean) and the University of Colorado (Vice Chancellor). A Yale Law School graduate, Loh also boasts a doctorate from the University of Michigan as well as a masters degree from Cornell University. The man obviously knows higher education.