- Son of the late Fenno Follansbee Heath and Dorothy Jones Heath.
- He was raised in Hampton, Virginia.
- He graduated from Newport News High School and attended Loomis School before entering Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
- He interrupted his Yale schooling to serve in the United States Army during World War II and graduated from Yale in the Class of 1950.
- He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Music degree in 1951 and his Master's Degree in Music in 1952 from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
- He studied under Quincy Porter and Paul Hindemith at Yale University.
- He became the first Marshall Bartholomew Professor of Choral Conducting at Yale University.
- He was awarded the Yale Medal; the Sanford Medal; the Yale Glee Club Medal; the University Glee Club of New York City Medal; the Mary's Cup, and the Vernon Prize for Composition.
- Father of Sarah Heath of Hamden, Connecticut; Lucy Heath McLellan of Lebanon, New Hampshire; Marguerite Heath Ogilvy of Windsor, Vermont; and Fenno F. Heath III of Woodbridge, Connecticut.
- Father-in-law of Franz Douskey of Hamden, Connecticut; Robert McLellan of Lebanon, New Hampshire; Daniel Hertzler of Windsor, Vermont; and Patricia Stamos of Woodbridge, Connecticut.
- Grandfather of Heather Heath; Sedgwick Ogilvy; Benjamin Ogilvy; Max Heath; Quinby McLellan; and Eliza McLellan;.
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