'One of the three main buildings that make up Sonoma State University's new performing arts center may be named for Schroeder, the Beethoven- loving pianist of Peanuts fame.

Campus officials proposed naming the 250-seat recital hall for the cartoon character because the widow of Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz donated $5 million to the project, which will be part of the Donald and Maureen Green Music Center, Sonoma State spokeswoman Susan Kashack said.

"I know Sparky would have enjoyed thinking about Schroeder's connection to such a grand hall and stage," Jean Schulz said, referring to her late husband by one of his nicknames.

Jean Schulz graduated from Sonoma State, and Charles Schulz lived in Sonoma County for 42 years before he died in 2000.

California State University System trustees must approve the building's name, which they are expected to do this week, Kashack says.

The facility is scheduled to open in the fall of 2009.'