A celebration of life will be held in memory of Charles J. Soderquist at the University of California, Davis, on Friday, April 23, at 3 p.m., in Jackson Hall of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

Soderquist, an energetic philanthropist, conservationist and entrepreneur who provided passionate leadership to numerous university organizations, died March 2 from complications related to a brain hemorrhage.

Friends and members of the public are invited to attend the tribute to a man whose support was widespread throughout the Sacramento region, and who made a personal commitment to the business and investment communities, education, art, literature, the environment, science and technology. A reception will follow the celebration at 4 p.m.

At the time of his death, Soderquist was serving as chair of the UC Davis Foundation and on the faculty at the UC Davis Graduate School of Management. He was also active in numerous organizations including the California Historical Society, the California State Library, The Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, public radio and television.

His family has requested that donations be made in Soderquist's memory to the Sacramento Valley Conservancy, the Yolo Basin Foundation and Audubon California.