Richard Rohmer

Who is Richard Rohmer?

Major General Richard Heath Rohmer OC, CMM, DFC, OOnt, KStJ, CD is a Canadian aviator, lawyer, adviser, author and historian.

Rohmer was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and spent some of his early youth in Pasadena, California as well as in western Ontario at Windsor and Fort Erie. The Peterborough Examiner's lead editorial of 14 January 2009 describes Rohmer as "one of Canada's most colourful figures of the past half-century."