NOTES FROM ACADEME

The Accidental Film Star

By LILA GUTERMAN

Madison, Wis.

He's a movie star, but you won't find W. Nicholas G. Hitchon chasing the villain or sweeping the heroine off her feet. Instead, he taught an undergraduate electrical-engineering course this morning, and now he chats with two students in a cafeteria at the University of Wisconsin here.

Two days later...

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