The UF College of Dentistry mourns the loss of our faculty, alumni and friends
Malcom “Mac” Steen, D.M.D., M.S. | June 30, 1948 – October 2, 2026
Orthodontics Resident of 1980, UF College of Dentistry
2004 Inductee to the UF Athletic Hall of Fame
Marc A. Gale, D.M.D., M.Ed. | June 14, 1942 – May 5, 2026
Professor Emeritus of the Department of Restorative Dental Sciences, UF College of Dentistry
Founder of the Marc A. Gale Endowed Term Professorship and the Gale Pride Scholarship
Retired 2016
Nikzad S. Javid, D.M.D. | May 24, 1934 – February 2, 2026
Professor Emeritus of the Department of Prosthodontics, UF College of Dentistry
William “Terry” Reid Jr., D.D.S. | August 1943 – November 19, 2025
Friend, Foundation Board Member, Founder of William T. and Jackie C. Reid Scholarship in Dentistry
Donald B. Giddon, M.A., D.M.D., Ph.D. | May 1930 – November 15, 2025
Courtesy Faculty, UF College of Dentistry and Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
Donald Cohen, D.M.D. | 1947 – November 2, 2025
Professor Emeritus and Chair of Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Diagnostic Sciences, UF College of Dentistry
Retired 2022
William “Bill” McArthur, Ph.D. | March 31, 1943 – July 1, 2025
Professor of Basic Dental Sciences and Oral Biology, Director of the Periodontal Disease Research Center, UF College of Dentistry
First Assistant Dean for Research, First Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs from 2007 until retirement in 2010
James F. Melzer Jr., D.M.D. | August 19, 1974 – December 19, 2024
DMD Class of 2003, UF College of Dentistry
Julia Belen Pizarro, D.M.D.
DMD Class of 1993, UF College of Dentistry
Thomas Porter, D.M.D. | August 2, 1952 – February 23, 2024
- Clinical Professor in the UF Department of Community Dentistry & Behavioral Sciences from June 1991 to June 2021
- Program Director for the Advanced Education in General Dentistry Program in St. Petersburg from its inception in 1991 until his retirement.
William Gerald “Jerry” Jackson, D.M.D.| August 14, 1952 – December 22, 2023
DMD Class of 1982, UF College of Dentistry
Randall “Randy” P. Rigsby, D.M.D. | October 8, 1953 – June 5, 2023
DMD Class of 1982, UF College of Dentistry
Brian Curtis Decker, D.M.D. | August 12, 1957 – May 14, 2023
DMD Class of 1986, Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor and Courtesy Clinical Assistant Professor, UF College of Dentistry
Bruce Scarola, D.M.D. | June 13, 1958 – May 6, 2023
DMD 1983, UF College of Dentistry
Gregory E. Smith, D.D.S. | June 5, 1940 – May 1, 2023
Professor Emeritus, UF College of Dentistry
Nicklaus J. Minden, D.M.D. | March 2, 1945 – February 7, 2023
Emeritus Associate Professor, UF College of Dentistry
Michael A. Chanatry, D.D.S. | December 11, 1950 – February 2, 2023
UF Periodontic Dental Residency, Class of 1983
Charles G. Cox, D.M.D. | June 15, 1953 – November 21, 2022
President and Valedictorian, DMD Class of 1978
Robert “Bob” Ford, D.M.D. | February 29, 1948 – August 21, 2022
DMD Class of 1982, UF College of Dentistry
Frank J. Vertucci, D.M.D. | June 20, 2022
Professor Emeritus, UF College of Dentistry
Wallace Mealiea, Jr., Ph.D. | 1940 – June 3, 2022
Professor Emeritus, UF College of Dentistry
Maxwell “Max” Nolen Rudie, D.M.D. | August 30, 1988 – February 24, 2022
UF Pediatric Dental Residency, Class of 2019
Donald McNeal, D.M.D. | December 1, 2021
Professor Emeritus, UF College of Dentistry
Rochelle Lopyan, D.M.D. | May 16, 1950 – November 25, 2021
DMD Class of 1980, UF College of Dentistry
Kenneth Anusavice, D.M.D., Ph.D. | September 30, 2021
Professor Emeritus, UF College of Dentistry
Willard “Will” Lee Watson, Jr. , D.M.D.| October 1, 1953 — September 8, 2021
DMD Class of 1982 & Former Faculty Member
Henry “Bo” Sweeny, Jr., D.M.D. | 1973 — 2021
DMD Class of 2003, UF College of Dentistry
David Guirguis | 1996 – August 7, 2020
DMD Class of 2021, UF College of Dentistry
Stephen L. New, D.M.D. | June 21, 1950 — July 19, 2020
DMD Class of 1976, UF College of Dentistry
Henry Gremillion, D.D.S. | Passed away May 18, 2020 UF College of Dentistry Faculty Member from 1991 to 2008
Marc Heft, D.M.D., Ph.D. | June 10, 1948 — February 8, 2020
UF College of Dentistry Faculty Member from 1984 to 2020
Clark Hodge, D.D.S., M.S.D | August 3, 1936 — August 9, 2018
UF College of Dentistry Faculty Member
Dr. George W. Starks | November 20, 1923 — July 29, 2018
Faculty Member, UF College of Dentistry
Dean Don L. Allen, D.D.S. | Passed away June 22, 2018
UF College of Dentistry Dean from 1974 to 1982