Loh, who was born in Shanghai and immigrated to Peru with his diplomat father, came to the United States on his own after high school, eventually earning a bachelor's degree from Grinnell College, a master's from Cornell, a doctorate from the University of Michigan, and a law degree from Yale.
He eventually continued on to serve as the dean of the University of Washington Law School, the dean of Seattle University, the vice provost at the University of Iowa, and the first Asian American president of the University of Maryland.
