Peter Hahn

To Nadia,
I thank you for all you did for me when i worked with Dr. Hahn.
I was thinking of you and Dr Hahn today.

salim

Dear Nadia,
I was sorry to heart this news.
Dr Hahn was a great person. He gave me my first job in Canada. He was very fair person just like you.
To your sons, my condolences.

salim hassanli and family

Just a brief note that Peter's dear wife Nada followed him on 26 April 2010, peacefully. More about her later.

On 3 March 2009 the cat that Peter brought up and spoiled followed his master. He was almost twenty years old and when he was orphaned at eighteen, he cried for many months.

Dear Nadja,
I only very recently recieved the sad news of Peter's death.
I am very sorry and I wish you and your sons all the strenghth you need.
Love Magda
PS. I add the e-mail address of my son Walter, not having access to a computer myself

My deepest sympathy to Gena and Martin from your distant cousin Philip Moravcik.

I have just learned about Peter's passing. It is with deep sadness that I realize that his great humor and wisdom shall no longer be with us here. His memory, however, the memory of my greatest teacher, advisor, collaborator and colleague,and foremost a bright role-model for over 40 years will stay with me forever. My sympathy to Nada, Gena and Martin.

Peter was a father, and a friend to me. He was kind, funny, intelligent, and loved to be ridiculous and insulting; I am honoured to have known him and loved him. I will miss him everyday.

Petr and Nada are our childrens substitute grandparents. We have known them longer than our own parents...
There was never a dull moment in Petr's company. With the kids he communicated in a made up language
and usually we all got involved.
Everyone probably has a Petr story, here is our favorite one:
Petr dropped a coffee mug on the floor exclaiming :"Darn, this table is way too narrow!".
He was a true Mensch and we will miss him greatly.

Peter was my great teacher(since 1972),chess partner and last but not least a great family friend.

He and Nada were one of the (unfortunately not that many)friends one could always depend on /turn to with any problem.

Both he and Nada were unpretentious,sincere-which was occasionally galling but very often helpful.Our Thursday sushi lunches with Peter became quite an institution over the last 15 years.

He'll be greatly missed by our family.

Jiri Frohlich

I was introduced to Peter when I was only a few hours old, I still have the stuffed dog he gave me then, a pink monstrosity that we called Hahnik. As I grew up, Peter and Nada were constants in my life, and I always knew them as funny and entertaining members of my extended family. It was only when I got older that I realized how brilliant and accomplished Peter was, and although that knowledge intimidated me, Peter never did, for he was one of the kindest people I have ever met. I will miss him greatly, as I know my parents already do.

Teresa Frohlich Reid

Peter Hahn was not just a great scientist,but a great human being as well,with warm heart and a kind sense of humour.We'll miss him!
Helena Illnerova

Petr Hahn was not just a great scientist,but a great human being as well,with kind heart and a great sense for humour.We'll miss him!
Helena Illnerova

I am so sorry for the loss of the unforgettable teacher and my best friend. Please accept my deepest sympathy

I met Peter Hahn in medical school in Prague. I had just moved there from Hungary, survivor of the Holocaust, my parents killed. I didn’t know a soul in the city, hardly spoke the language. I was lost and lonely, Nada and Peter took me in like a member of their family; Nada became my best friend. The Hahns had a great circle of friends; people were drawn to them for their hospitality, their genuine interest in people and Peter’s great sense of humor and exceptionally sharp mind. Besides his great talent for science he was well versed in all forms of art, both visual, music and literature,
I wasn’t the only lost soul who received their care. Young people from Burma, Nepal and other immigrants flocked to the Hahns for comfort and friendship. Peter was a very well rounded person. When he talked, everybody listened.
After we all emigrated from Czechoslovakia, We ended up on the opposite coast of America; we kept in touch by phone and E-mail. Zdenek and I visited them in Vancouver in 2001. When we said our goodbye with a group hug, we didn’t know that it was the last one. I thought that peter would live forever. It was good to know that he was there. We will miss him terribly.
Judita Hruza
I knew Peter very well from our daily work in the Institute of Physiology, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences and several conferences abroad where we were together. He was an excellent scientist and was well liked by everybody. After the velvet revolution in Czechoslovakia was offered a job of a director of our Institute of Physiology, He rejected this offer because he did not want to move again, he was quite happy in Vancouver. He really enjoyed jokes I kept E-mailing him. Everybody will miss Peter.
Zdenek Hruza