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After realizing that Sweet could not be swayed, Smith said he immediately initiated the search for an acting dean and reached out to officials throughout the University, asking them to extend their responsibilities slightly and take over portions of Sweet's duties. "Right now, we're stretching," Smith said. But he added that he has no plans to institute a mass restructuring of administrative positions...
...Though Smith has not been privy to all of the details surrounding Sweet’s determination to leave, Smith said he believes that the Vanderbilt position constitutes a “wonderful opportunity” and “a step up.” Smith said he does not know if there were any other institutions besides Vanderbilt that Sweet had been considering as a future home...
...Smith said that his conversation with Sweet had largely been focused on the remainder of Sweet’s tenure at Harvard and plans for continuing initiatives that had been started before Sweet announced his departure...
Sweet, a former cryptographic researcher, has brought sharp insight to Harvard's finances for not only top Faculty deans but also the departments and centers that must translate the deluge of figures into real-life budget cuts, Smith said. After Smith delivered a mandate to departments to cut their budgets by 15 percent in December, Sweet became the go-to man who could bring reality to the numbers...
...Down through the organization, he's made it much easier for people in departments and centers to make decisions based on real information about what's happening in the system," Smith said on Thursday. "He has done a terrific job coming in and strengthening our organization...