Randy Pausch
Computer Scientist
1960 – 2008
Who was Randy Pausch?
Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch was an American professor of computer science, human-computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Pausch learned that he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006, and in August 2007 he was given a terminal diagnosis: "3 to 6 months of good health left". He gave an upbeat lecture titled "The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" on September 18, 2007, at Carnegie Mellon, which became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances. He then co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a New York Times best-seller.
Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008.
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- Born
- Oct 23, 1960
Baltimore - Also known as
- Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch
- Randolph Frederick Pausch
- Spouses
- Jai Glasgow
(2000/05 - )
- Jai Glasgow
- Children
- Religion
- Unitarian Universalism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Brown University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Employment
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Adobe Systems
- Lived in
- United States of America
- Died
- Jul 25, 2008
Chesapeake
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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