Background
Wallace, Harold Lew was born on November 9, 1932 in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. Son of Lewis Alfred and Winifred Maria (Summers) Wallace.
Wallace, Harold Lew was born on November 9, 1932 in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. Son of Lewis Alfred and Winifred Maria (Summers) Wallace.
AB, Indiana University, 1961. Master of Arts (University grantee), Indiana University, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Indiana University, 1970.
Teacher history and English, Mooreseville (Indiana) High School, 1961-1963;
teaching assistant, Indiana U., 1963-1964;
university fellow, Indiana U., 1964-1965;
assistant professor, then associate professor of history, Murray (Kentucky) State University, 1965-1971;
professor of history, head social science division, Northern Kentucky U., Highland Heights, Kentucky, since 1971;
director oral history program, Northern Kentucky U., Highland Heights, Kentucky, since 1980. Member continuing seminar community education Ball State University and Mott Foundation,1973-. Member of advisory board Kentucky Oral History Commission, since 1981.
Visiting professor Kentucky Institute for European Studies, Bregenz, Austria, summer 1987, Andhra U., Visakhapatnam, India, spring 1989.
Member advisory committee public documents, State of Kentucky. Board directors College Programs for Northern Kentucky Senior Citizens. Faculty regent Northern Kentucky Board Regents, 1985-1991, president Kentucky Conference State American Association of University Professors, since 1991.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1956. Member American Association of University Professors (president Kentucky chapter since 1991, Distinguished Service award 1992), American, Southern history associations, Organization American Historians, Political Science Academy, American Association of University Professors, Center Study Democratic Instruction, Mensa, Intertel, Sierra Club, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta.
Married Janice June Inman, June 22, 1957. Children: Stefanie Ann, Stacy Elizabeth, Jason Lew.