Illingworth also stressed that FAS was focusing on the MAC to open up new space.
The council has also been putting together a space audit to suggest ways that space could be used more efficiently.
“We don’t have recreational, athletic or extracurricular space that meets our demands,” said Student Affairs Committee Chair Rohit Chopra ’04, who is leading the council’s space audit effort.
MAC renovations could play a crucial role in opening up new space and council leaders are eager to see the results of the HNTB Corp. survey that will get the ball rolling on such renovations.
“It would be nice...to have a concrete proposal on the table as soon as possible,” Chopra said.
To prepare for MAC renovations, Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 said last February that he would launch a campaign to raise tens of millions of dollars.
Lewis said last spring he was frustrated that the fundraising was not yet completed.
He said yesterday that he had no new news to report on the fundraising efforts.
—Staff writer William M. Rasmussen can be reached at wrasmuss@fas.harvard.edu.