UF will hold a memorial service for Dr. Robert Cade, one of the creators of Gatorade and a former UF professor, today in the University Auditorium at 2 p.m.
Cade died Nov. 27 at age 80. Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend the service.
Cade, UF's first kidney specialist, and several other UF researchers invented the famous sports drink for the UF football team in 1965.
UF President Bernie Machen will welcome guests to the service.
"Dr. Cade was quite a character," Machen said at a meeting of UF's Board of Trustees on Friday. "He was a fascinating guy, down to earth and unassuming. He's certainly going to be missed."
Speakers include Dr. Edward Block, chairman of UF's department of medicine, and Phoebe Miles, one of Cade's six children.
The Rev. John Roth, pastor of First Lutheran Church in Gainesville, will deliver the invocation and closing remarks.
Professors from UF's College of Music will present several music selections, and there will be a video honoring Cade.
"He had literally hundreds of colleagues and friends, and he had a big family," said Steve Orlando, UF spokesman. "I would imagine we could expect hundreds of people."
