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Alumna Jane Lorentzen will give the keynote address as Drake Law School honors 141 graduates this evening.

Drake will celebrate a total of 1,421 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree recipients in the class of 2010.

Oatts has enjoyed a successful career as a professional jazz saxophonist for more than 30 years and teaches at Temple University in Philadelphia.

The final performance of the musical, based on Studs Terkel's book, is set for 8 p.m. at First Unitarian Church.

Jane Lorentzen, a 1991 graduate of Drake Law School, will focus her speech on "A Time to Lead."

The Faegre & Benson attorney and Drake alumna will be in residence at the Law School for the 2010-11 academic year.

Oatts, who will receive an honorary Doctor of Music from Drake, will host a master class for Drake students from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Mainstay.

Marina Yakhnis will spend the 2010-11 academic year studying an ethnic group exiled from the Crimean peninsula by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

Participants recently celebrated the completion of the inaugural Emerging Leaders Collaborative program.

David Skidmore, professor of politics and international relations, will spend the 2010-2011 academic year in Hong Kong.