Professor Randy Pausch - who delivered ‘The Last Lecture’ - dies at 47
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Randy Pausch, a Prefessor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University died earlier today of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. He is well known for his lecture in ‘The Last Lecture’ series at CMU, delivered in September 2007. At that time, doctors had given him a few months time to live. The last lecture series is a lecture where a professor delivers a lecture in a hypothetical scenario assuming this would be his or her last lecture. Ironically in case of Professor Pausch it was indeed to be one of his last lectures.
In his lecture Professor Paush talked about achieving one’s dreams and enabling others achieve their dreams. The lecture became a hit on Youtube with millions of hits. It became the basis for a book by the same title. We encourage you to watch the full lecture. It may change your life. You can read more about Randy Pausch at the CMU page - an enduring legacy.
Professor Pausch is survived by his wife Jai and three small children. The family requests that donations on his behalf be directed to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 2141 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 7000, El Segundo, CA 90245, or to Carnegie Mellon’s Randy Pausch Memorial Fund , which the university will use primarily to support continued work on the Alice project.
Reference: Carnegie Mellon University Website
July 26th, 2008 at 7:19 am
Awww…I hadn’t heard the news. What an incredible man. The lessons we can learn from him are invaluable.
July 27th, 2008 at 8:07 am
One of those few individuals who made a direct impact on anyone in his touch.