Wallace Dierolf earned his B.A Degree from St. Mary's University, with honors, and his Masters degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio. While attending St. Mary's University he was inducted into Delta Eplison Sigma, an international academic honor society for students attending private universities.

Mr. Dierolf served the students of North Side I.S.D. (San Antonio) for twenty-nine years as both a Middle School and High School Band Director. Band programs under Mr. Dierolf's leadership received numerous TMEA and UIL awards. In 1998, Wallace Dierolf opened Sandra Day O'Connor High School in Helotes, Texas. The band program at O'Connor earned six consecutive Sweepstakes Awards and rapidly grew to become one of the largest 5A programs in Texas. While at O'Connor he also served as the Fine Arts Department head and was the school's first "Teacher of the Year." He has been blessed with many teaching honors including receiving the outstanding Alumnus award in the field of music from The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2003. Soon after announcing his retirement, the North Side ISD School Board voted unanimously to name the new band hall under construction at O'Connor the Wallace C. Dierolf Band Hall.

A very versatile music educator, Mr. Dierolf developed a jazz curriculum while teaching at John Jay and John Marshall High Schools that resulted in his students earning 23 chairs in the TMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble within an eight-year period. Wallace was recognized by Down Beat Magazine (an international jazz publication) as the teacher of Patrick Cornelius, the 1997 high school jazz soloist of the year for the United States and Canada. Many of Mr. Dierolf's former students are currently professional players and teachers all over the United States.

Wallace is a member of TBA, TMEA, TMAA and Phi Beta Mu. He lives in San Antonio with his wife Mary. They have two sons Brian, a graduate of North Texas State University and Travis, a four-year graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy. His hobbies include distance running, sailing, writing and hiking in the great outdoors.