Gainesville, Florida
Jun 10, 1948 – Feb 8, 2020 (Age 71)
HEFT, MARC June 10, 1948 - February 8, 2020 Marc William Heft died Saturday, February 8 at his longtime home in Gainesville, Florida. Born in 1948 to Jayne and Harold Heft, Marc grew up in Lynbrook, New York, the younger brother of Samuel and older brother of Philip. He received his B.S. in...
Read MoreMarc will always be remembered as someone who eagerly and unselfishly helped people out. In addition to being great in his accomplishments, he was great in character.
Gregg Gilbert
February 05, 2022 | Friend
Marc was a giant in his field. Always friendly and helpful throughout his career. We started in Geriatric dentistry together and were friends from IADR. Arthur and I will miss him.
Athena Papas
February 04, 2022 | Friend
I am just preparing a lecture and was planning to make mention of people who influenced my path. Marc was one of those people who made himself available to me, a junior anesthesiology faculty at UF. I am appreciative of the time he spent with me to mentor my research and very sorry to hear about his passing. I wished good people could live forever!
Michael A. Froelich
October 27, 2020 | Student
Wonderful colleague and friend.We will miss him and all the great work he did.
Tina Papas
March 17, 2020
Learned only today, with great sadness, that my former dental school professor had passed. Dr. Heft was well-liked by his students and was always willing and available to assist them in any way he could. Ran into him, a while back, at UFCD, and was fortunate to spend a few minutes catching up. Sleep well, Marc.
Marc Cauchon
February 15, 2020 | Gainesville, FL
You made working for you fun! I laughed every day. Thank you! You will be missed Dr. Heft.
February 14, 2020 | Alachua, FL
Dr. M W Heft was a wonderful person, professional, scientist and a researcher. I had the opportunity to be associated with him as a post-doctoral fellow 1989-1993 in one of his NIH program grants for which he was the Director and the Principal Investigator at the University of Florida. He was very kind and effective in his professional approaches.
He was very kind to me personally and took personal interest in me to ensure my personal continuation at the University of Florida after...
Gopal Rajakumar
February 13, 2020 | Miami, FL
A very kind and quiet man whom I am so blessed to have known my entire 24 years with UFCD. I will miss seeing him in the halls during the lunch hour. God is faithful dear family to see you through this difficult time. But be encouraged, he is now in the best of care, absent from the body, but present with the Lord. Hallelujah!!!
Tara Miller
February 13, 2020 | Gainesville, FL
Dear Ann, We are so sorry to hear of Marc's passing. He was such a kind and compassionate person who gave so much of himself to everyone. We send our thoughts and prayers to you your family....Meredith and Albert Bacharach
Meredith Bacharach
February 12, 2020 | Gainesville, FL | Acquaintance