Although Lewis has received e-mail from and met with many disappointed students, he said that the reactions to his decision have varied.
"Not all of the messages I've gotten have been critical," he said.
Some alumni of PBHA and HAND had threatened to withdraw financial support from the University if Lewis did not choose Johnson, said several former presidents of PBHA and previous coordinators of HAND.
Lewis said he has spoken with alumni, but did not recall any of them saying they would stop contributing to Harvard.
Kidd said toward the end of the interview that she will have to wait on many issues, gathering input from different people.
She is looking forward to the academic side of being a dean, she said.
"I've never been a dean before," Kidd said. "I'm extremely excited by that access and that forum--the intellectual energy of it is really what'