Wallace Richard Wirths (July 7, 1921 – July 6, 2002), was an American executive, politician, author, newspaper columnist and radio commentator, who was a benefactor of Upsala College in East Orange, New Jersey.
[1][2] Born in Englewood, New Jersey on July 7, 1921, Wirths attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and served in the United States Navy during peacetime.
[3] In 1957, Wirths moved to Wantage Township, in Sussex County, in northwestern New Jersey where he became active in local politics.
[3] Wirths donated his family's 229-acre farm in Wantage Township to Upsala College in East Orange in 1978 for usage as a second campus.
[1] Wirths received an honorary doctor of law degree from Upsala College.