The UF College of Dentistry mourns the loss of our faculty, alumni and friends
Dr. William “Bill” McArthur, D.M.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
Dr. James F. Melzer Jr., D.M.D. | August 19, 1974 – December 19, 2024
DMD Class of 2003, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. 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.
Dr. William Gerald “Jerry” Jackson, D.M.D.| August 14, 1952 – December 22, 2023
DMD Class of 1982, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Randall “Randy” P. Rigsby, D.M.D. | October 8, 1953 – June 5, 2023
DMD Class of 1982, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. 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
Dr. Bruce Scarola, D.M.D. | June 13, 1958 – May 6, 2023
DMD 1983, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Gregory E. Smith, D.D.S. | June 5, 1940 – May 1, 2023
Emeritus Professor, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Nicklaus J. Minden, D.M.D. | March 2, 1945 – February 7, 2023
Emeritus Associate Professor, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Michael A. Chanatry, D.D.S. | December 11, 1950 – February 2, 2023
UF Periodontic Dental Residency, Class of 1983
Dr. Charles G. Cox, D.M.D. | June 15, 1953 – November 21, 2022
President and Valedictorian, DMD Class of 1978
Dr. Robert “Bob” Ford, D.M.D. | February 29, 1948 – August 21, 2022
DMD Class of 1982, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Frank J. Vertucci, D.M.D. | June 20, 2022
Emeritus Professor, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Wallace Mealiea, Jr., Ph.D. | 1940 – June 3, 2022
Emeritus Professor, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Maxwell “Max” Nolen Rudie | August 30, 1988 – February 24, 2022
UF Pediatric Dental Residency, Class of 2019
Dr. Donald McNeal, D.M.D. | December 1, 2021
Emeritus Professor, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Rochelle Lopyan, D.M.D. | May 16, 1950 – November 25, 2021
DMD Class of 1980, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Kenneth Anusavice, D.M.D., Ph.D. | September 30, 2021
Emeritus Professor, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Willard “Will” Lee Watson, Jr. , D.M.D.| October 1, 1953 — September 8, 2021
DMD Class of 1982 & Former Faculty Member
Dr. Henry “Bo” Sweeny, Jr., D.M.D. | 1973 — 2021
DMD Class of 2003, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. David Guirguis, D.M.D.| 1996 – August 7, 2020
DMD Class of 2021, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Stephen L. New, D.M.D. | June 21, 1950 — July 19, 2020
DMD Class of 1976, UF College of Dentistry
Dr. Henry Gremillion, D.D.S. | Passed away May 18, 2020
UF College of Dentistry Faculty Member from 1991 to 2008
Dr. Marc Heft, D.M.D., Ph.D. | June 10, 1948 — February 8, 2020
UF College of Dentistry Faculty Member from 1984 to 2020
Dr. Clark Hodge, D.D.S., MSD | 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
Dr. Don L. Allen, D.D.S. | Passed away June 22, 2018
UF College of Dentistry Dean from 1974 to 1982