Janet Wolf, Rohe’s sister, said her baby brother’s enthusiasm for learning was apparent from a young age. When Rohe was 13, Wolf, who is 16 years older, was living in Gilgil, Kenya, with her husband, who was researching Kenyan birds. Rohe came to live with them for two months.
Column: Longtime Chicago bookseller Christopher Rohe has died of lung cancer. ‘It’s a lot of knowledge lost.’
