President Neil L. Rudenstine will award 5,436 degrees to students from 11 schools of the university at this morning's Commencement exercises.

Once the degrees have been granted, Rudenstine and Czech President Vaclav Havel Will deliver addressesat the afternoon ceremony which starts at 2:15p.m.

The National Weather Forecast projects a partlysunny day with a high temperature of 75 to 80degrees for today's ceremony.

The College will confer 1,563 bachelor degreestoday on 890 men and 673 women, according toassociate Registrar Thurston A. Smith. Ninebachelor of Science(S.B.)degrees will be awardedto engineering concentrators; the rest are of arts(A.B.).

Of the undergraduate degrees, 230 are withouthonors, 388 are cum laude in general studies, 369are cum laude in a field of concentration, 445 aremagna cum laude, 52 are magna cum laude withhighest honors and 79 are summa cum laude.

The number of diplomas marks a slight dip fromlast year's 1,625 bachelor degrees, Smith said.

Undergraduates will receive their actualdiplomas at afternoon ceremonies held at theirindividual residential houses. Other schools willhold their own diploma-granting ceremonies afterthe morning exercises.

Arts and Sciences

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences willaward 248 doctorates of philosophy, 211 master ofarts and 33 master of science degrees. No masterof engineering or master of forest science degreesare being awarded this year, according to thegraduate registrar's office.

Medicine

One hundred and fifty-six student will receivedoctor of medicine (M.D.) degrees and 14 master ofmedical science (M.M.Sc.) degrees at commencement.Graduates will receive their diplomas at anafternoon ceremony held in the Medical Schoolquadrangle, said Kate Cox, administrator forstudent affairs for the Medical School

Law

The Harvard Law School will award 551 doctor oflaw (J.D.) degrees, including 87 magna cum laude,306 cum laude and 158 regular degrees. The LawSchool will also confer 129 master of laws(L.L.M.) degrees and 10 doctor of juridicalstudies (S.J.D.) degrees, according to the lawschool communications office.

Business

The Harvard Business School will award 802master of business administration (M.B.A.) andfour doctor of business administration (D.B.A.)degrees. An afternoon ceremony will take place infront of the Business School's Aldrich Hall inAllston, according to Business School RegistrarCoral A. Sullivan.

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