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WALLACE, an American educator, born in Potsdam, N. Y., in 1853. He was educated at the Ogdensburg Academy and the Potsdam Normal School. He graduated from the Rochester Theological Seminary in 1883, and in the same year he was ordained to the Baptist ministry. He filled several pastorates until 1902, when he was appointed secretary of the General Educational Board. In 1907 he was elected president of the Board.