The Rev. Wallace Schulz served as associate Lutheran Hour speaker from 1977 to 2002. Born and raised in Parkston, South Dakota, he attended Concordia Teachers College, Seward, Nebraska, and Concordia Seminary in Springfield, Illinois.

Before becoming associate speaker for The Lutheran Hour, Schulz served on the faculty of Concordia College in Ann Arbor, Michigan, was assistant pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Sioux City, Iowa, and was on the staff of Concordia College, River Forest, Illinois. Schulz has participated in several World Congresses on Evangelism, and in 1986 he received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his distinguished service to humanity.