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Byline: THOMAS LEE; STAFF WRITER

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MADISON - There was a time at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when starting a company ranked somewhere between gambling and arms dealing. Faculty members shunned entrepreneurship because it seemed to conflict with the school's true mission of conducting research and educating students, a debate that still rages at schools across the country, including the University of Minnesota. "Prior to 1992, very few faculty started companies," said Thomas (Rock) Mackie, chairman and co-founder of TomoTherapy Inc., who still teaches medical physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ...

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