The university will award an estimated 5,934 degrees, including 4,654 undergraduate and 1,280 graduate degrees, at 10 ceremonies Saturday, May 22, through June 20. The schedules are as follows: School of Law During the first commencement, Justice Ming Chin of the state Supreme Court will speak at the School of Law ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Recreation Hall. He replaces the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who canceled on Monday. Stephanie Gadlin, press secretary for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, says President Clinton asked Jackson, who is co-chairing the U.S. delegation to the African-African American Summit in Ghana, to remain there through its closing ceremonies Friday night. Kevin Johnson, associate dean for academic affairs at the school, and Melissa Jones, a candidate for a J.D. degree, also will address the class. The school will award 14 Master of Laws degrees and 145 Juris Doctor degrees. School of Medicine Hibbard Williams, dean of the School of Medicine from 1980 to 1992, will speak at the school's commencement at 6 p.m. Friday, June 11, on the Health Sciences Quadrangle. An internationally known expert on kidney-stone research and treatment, he holds the school's endowed chair in internal medicine that was named in his honor. Degree candidate Wilson Wang also will speak at the ceremony in which 97 Doctor of Medicine degrees will be awarded. Graduate Studies Graduate Studies will confer about 775 doctor's and master's degrees at its commencement at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 17, in Recreation Hall. Speaking at the ceremony will be Katherine Watt, who earned a doctoral degree in pharmacology and toxicology in March and is now a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Veterinary Medicine. School of Veterinary Medicine The School of Veterinary Medicine will hold its graduation ceremony at noon Friday, June 18, in Recreation Hall. It will award 106 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees, three dual D.V.M. and Master of Preventative Veterinary Medicine degrees, 14 M.P.V.M. degrees, 29 certificates of residency and two Bachelor of Science degrees. Speaking at the event will be Richard LeCouteur, professor of neurology and neurosurgery at the school, and Michael Karle and Gary McArthur Jr., both candidates for a D.V.M. degree. College of Engineering The College of Engineering will confer about 450 B.S. degrees in a 6:30 p.m. ceremony Friday, June 18, in Recreation Hall. Connie Kong, who will receive a degree in chemical engineering, will address the graduating class. College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences will award about 1,728 B.S. degrees at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 19, in Recreation Hall. Speaking at the ceremony will be Gurdev Khush, principal plant breeder and head of the division of plant breeding, genetics and biochemistry at the International Rice Research Institute; and Victoria Smith, a candidate for a degree in environmental and resource sciences. Graduate School of Management Robert Pepper, president, chief executive officer and chair of the board of Level One Communications in Sacramento, will speak at the commencement of the Graduate School of Management at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 19, in Freeborn Hall. The school will award Master of Business Administration degrees to 57 candidates from its full-time program and 69 from its Working Professionals program. Candidates Leo Merle from the full-time program and Aimee Carroll from the Working Professional program also will speak. Division of Biological Sciences The Division of Biological Sciences will recognize recipients of some 800 B.S. and 25 Bachelor of Arts degrees at its 2:30 p.m. ceremony Saturday, June 19, in Recreation Hall. These numbers are included among those awarded by the College of Letters and Science and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Gordon Conway, president of the Rockefeller Foundation and one of the pioneers of integrated pest management, will address the graduates. He earned his doctorate from UC Davis in 1969. College of Letters and Science The College of Letters and Science will award about 2,474 undergraduate degrees in two programs at 9 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 20, in Recreation Hall. Alumna Karen Breslau, White House correspondent for Newsweek and a 1998-99 Knight Fellow at Stanford University, and Elisa Brewer, a candidate for a bachelor's degree in English and political science, will address the morning ceremony. Speaking in the afternoon will be Tom Stallard, a Yolo County supervisor, and Marilyn My Hien Luong, a candidate for a bachelor's degree in Chinese and international relations. The Planning and Budget Office estimates the number of degrees to be awarded by undergraduate colleges and Graduate Studies; the four professional schools themselves estimate the number of degrees they will award. An audit of the actual number of degrees awarded is prepared later. In 1997-98, the university awarded 5,549 degrees including 4,321 bachelor's, 544 master's, 339 doctor's and 345 professional degrees.