Peter W. Heiman, a fixture at Weaver Street Market, died in his home on July 7, 2009.

Peter was 79 years old, having been born on March 7, 1930, in Würzburg, Germany. Peter and his family emigrated to the United States in 1938 due to the Refugee Crisis and settled in Washington Heights in New York City.

Peter retired to Carrboro more than 25 years ago, devoting much of his time to his hobbies of cooking, gardening and his favorite, teaching Latin dance at the local community centers.

Peter was a graduate of NYU, spending a long career in the New York City area as a flavor chemist creating such flavors as Keebler Fruit Cremes, Nacho Cheese Flavor in Doritos and various flavors for Continental Bakers.

His love of food, excellent taste and fine nose prompted the creation of his cookbook, "The Ethnic Eater."

Peter is survived by his daughter Heidi and son in law Robert Venier of Long Valley, N.J., along with his cousin Werner Bloch and his wife Lillian of Sherman, Conn.

Over the years Peter was involved in many organizations including the Ronald McDonald House and Hospice. He was an usher at The ArtsCenter, a member of the Chapel Hill International Folk Dance Group and a member of the Visually Impaired Peoples club. He met many people sitting outside Weaver Street Market with a sign reading, "I like company; how about a 5-minute conversation?"

If you would like to give a donation in Peter's honor, kindly do so to Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill, 101 Old Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, or online at www.chapelhillrmh.net

A celebration of Peter's life will be held in the Carrboro area in the next few weeks. Details will be posted at Weaver Street Market.

Peter's family would like to thank all his friends, acquaintances, EZ Rider bus service and all those who had five minutes to say "Hi."

Marian Orlowski

Marian Orlowski, M.D., a Distinguished Professor in pharmacology at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, died on July 16, 2009, at the age of 86 in Chapel Hill, with dignity and surrounded by family.

After surviving the Holocaust through the help of strangers and friends, and with the intercession of God, he met his future wife, Jadwiga, at the Wroclaw Medical University in Wroclaw, Poland. They and their son, Robert, immigrated to America, where Marian pursued his passion for biomedical research. He held positions at Tufts University, Rockefeller University, Cornell University Medical College and Mount Sinai.

In collaboration with Sherwin Wilk, Marian identified and characterized the activities of a proteasome, a previously unknown enzyme. He and his colleagues also synthesized the first inhibitors of the proteasome, paving the way for the development of bortezomib, now used worldwide to treat multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

For his work on the proteasome, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2004.

He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Jadwiga; his son Robert and daughter-in-law Carol of Houston, Texas; and his sister Sabina of New York, New York.

A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at the Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 W. Cornwallis Road, Durham today at 11 a.m. Services will also be held at the time of internment in the New York City area at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in his name, where the funds will be used to establish an endowed lectureship (M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, P.O. Box 4486, Houston, Texas 77210-4486, or www.mdanderson.org/gifts); or to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Member and Donor Services, P.O. Box 90988, Washington, DC 20090-0988, or www.ushmm.org/).