The UF College of Dentistry mourns the loss of our faculty, alumni and friends
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