Andrea Quaid ’76

Andrea Quaid ’76 of Lewiston, Maine, died January 31 at Maine Medical Center in Portland. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 16, 1954, to Donald and Evelyn Quaid. At Dartmouth she earned her A.B. in French languages and literature. She worked in investment management services for banks in New York, Chicago, London, and Paris before returning to the United States, where she spent the remainder of her career in government service. Quaid worked in the office of Maine U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud and at the time of her death was a constituent services representative for Maine U.S. Sen. Angus King ’66, handling casework around immigration and U.S. State Department issues. Known for her wonderful sense of humor, she loved reading and theater and performed for the Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theatre in To Kill a Mockingbird, You Can’t Take It with You, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Odd Couple. Fluent in French, she was a true Francophile who loved French culture and conversing with new and native French-speaking Mainers. She served on the boards of the Franco-American Collection at the University of Maine, the Androscoggin Land Trust, the Lewiston-Auburn Community Little Theatre, and the Dartmouth Club of Maine. She was predeceased by her parents and sister Patroushka and is survived by brother Donald, sister-in-law Sherrie, niece Molly, nephew David, numerous cousins, and a wide circle of devoted friends.