U.VA. GRADUATION WEEKEND EVENTS
WILL DRAW THOUSANDS MAY 20-21

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., May 10 -- More than 20,000 persons,
including family members and friends of the University of VirginiaÕs
1995 graduating class, are expected to fill the historic Lawn for
Final Exercises on Sunday, May 21.
	The ceremony will begin with the traditional and colorful
academic procession from the Rotunda at 10 a.m.  William J.
Raspberry, syndicated columnist for the Washington Post, will
deliver the commencement address.  Approximately 4,200 degrees will
be awarded, with RaspberryÕs son Mark James Raspberry scheduled to
receive a B.A. among them.
	After President John T. Casteen III confers baccalaureate,
graduate and professional degrees, the 1995 graduates will receive
their diplomas in separate ceremonies organized by each of the
UniversityÕs 10 schools at various locations around the Grounds.
	Inclement weather sites for Final Exercises vary according
to schools and departments, with University Hall serving as the rain
site for ticketed guests of the College and Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science
ceremony.  Raspberry would speak at that indoor location.  (For
details on inclement weather sites, see the enclosed schedule.)
	Following the main ceremony Sunday, several schools will
feature noted members of their profession at their diploma
ceremonies:
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	¥ Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, a surgeon at Yale University and
author of the book ÒHow We Die,Ó will speak to School of Medicine
graduates on the lawn opposite the medical school.  The location
will be the same in inclement weather.
	¥ Washington, D.C., ÒsuperlawyerÓ Robert S. Bennett, one of
the countryÕs leading white-collar criminal lawyers, will speak at
the law schoolÕs diploma ceremony in McIntire Amphitheater.  The
rain site is Memorial Gymnasium.  BennettÕs clients have included
President Clinton, former Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, former defense
secretary Casper Weinberger and former defense secretary Clark
Clifford.
	¥ Bettye Martin Musham, president and chief executive
officer of Gear Holdings Inc. and one of the countryÕs leading
businesswomen and entrepreneurs, will speak at the Darden graduate
business schoolÕs diploma ceremony at the Darden School.  Rain site
is the North Grounds Recreation Center.
	On Saturday, May 20, Marian Wright Edelman, president of the
ChildrenÕs Defense Fund, will speak at Class Valediction Exercises.
The ceremony, which also features presentation of the graduating
classÕs gift of a fund for a Solar Energy Resource Center at the
School of Architecture and fellowships to promote environmental
sustainability, will begin at 11 a.m. on the Lawn.  University Hall
is the rain site.
	Dr. Robert M. Carey, dean of the School of Medicine, will
give the baccalaureate address to graduating medical students at 4
p.m. in the University Chapel.  His daughter, Alicia Carey Dagli,
will receive her medical degree in family medicine.
	All ceremonies and addresses are open to the public, unless
severe weather forces events indoors.
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May 9, 1995