Assistant Dean of the College Karen Avery '87 said she found that the door to her office had been shifted slightly, a small change made necessary by wheelchair accessibility concerns. As a result, though, Avery said her filing cabinet is now "placeless" and she will need to buy new shelves to fit everything.
Lewis said he's not quite set either, noting that the desk now in his office--custom-made for John B. Fox Jr. '59, the tall former dean of the College--is too high for him.
"I'm going to be ordering some new furniture," he said.
According to Zewinski, the move back to University Hall had a few downsides.
Though the College deans' space has not changed much, most of the other offices are smaller than before, Zewinski said.
"They had these very large offices which were not a very effective use of the space," he said. As a result of the renovation, University Hall now houses five more offices.
Moreover, Zewinski said, many administrators had very large temporary offices as well. His own renovated University Hall office is less than 200 square feet in area, far smaller than the 350 square feet he enjoyed at the temporary FAS headquarters at 1033 Mass. Ave, halfway between Harvard and Central Square.
--Staff writer David C. Newman can be reached at dnewman@fas.harvard.edu.