President Irvin D. Reid is profiled among the honorees of the 2006 "Entrepreneur of the Year." According to the article, Reid wanted to take education and research one step further and has revolutionized the way a public university does business. He created TechTown as a foundation to generate more community involvement and to work with area businesses to encourage their success. Businesses can use the resources of the university, while the university can benefit financially from the successes of the businesses as well as see research being used. Reid's belief, the writer continued, is that a world-class research university needs to be a bridge between industry and academia. "Learning should not be divorced from doing," he said. A photo of Reid is included.