Education
Wolfe graduated from Street.Philip Basilica High School in Chicago, Illinois in 1960. He earned a Bachelor of Science.Ed. from Chicago Teachers College in 1964. In 1972 he earned a Master of Surgery in English Education from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
He later earned a Doctor of Philosophy in linguistics from Purdue University in 1976.
After earning his Doctor of Philosophy, he was a professor at the University of Florida.