The meeting came just days before Adjah handed over the reins of the BSA to Nneka C. Eze ’07, who—in a marked departure from last year’s antagonistic elections—ran for the presidency unopposed.

Adjah says that he is enjoying his newfound emeritus status. He looks forward to resuscitating his barber business, which has taken a back seat to his presidential duties.

But even as Eze takes over, Adjah remains an active presence in the organization.

Whereas the fictional Figaro stirs chaos in the house of Count Almaviva, Adjah has helped the BSA make strides towards stability.

He is helping the BSA build an endowment of its own, starting with a recently-secured $5,000 donation from the Boston Consulting Group, a longtime corporate sponsor.

And he is conducting negotiations on the group’s behalf with several companies that have expressed interest in publishing a “Black Students’ Guide to Getting into Harvard.”

Adjah says he will write the last chapter of the book, on “what to expect when you get here.”

“Lawrence is driven and has a deep love for the BSA which shows in his undying commitment to it,” says Senait Tesfai ’07, the group’s political action chair.

The applause from Adjah’s opener has yet to subside, but he has already moved on to his second act.

—Staff writer Daniel J. Hemel can be reached at hemel@fas.harvard.edu.