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Dates: during 1992-1992
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Quist did well enough in his boarding schoolclasses to enter the more prestigious tracks ofmath and physics, but academics were not hisprimary concern. "I was convinced that I wouldjust hang out and drive my dad's car," he says.Then he joined a production of Gilbert andSullivan's The Mikado, an this involvementgave him a new attitude. "I was amazed at how allthese people working together could create a showthat an audience would enjoy, how all this effortcould...

Author: By William H. Bachman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Man Who Swam From Africa to Harvard | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

...first semester at Harvard, he auditionedfor the Mikado and got the title role.Since then he has performed in every Gilbert andSullivan show. He has also worked on the lightingcrew for three shows and directed a Nigerian play.As president of the Harvard African StudentsAssociation, he brought African guests to Harvardand organized an Africa Week, with speakers,music, food, and dances. He told African folktalesat Cultural Rhythms. (He did not learn the talefrom an elder back home during a smoky ritual,though. "I cheated," he says. "I found a book offolktales in narrative form in the stacks ofWidener...

Author: By William H. Bachman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Man Who Swam From Africa to Harvard | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

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