American professor of computer science, human-computer interface and design (1960-2008)
Randy Pausch
Born
Randolph Frederick Pausch
(1960-10-23)October 23, 1960
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died
July 25, 2008(2008-07-25) (aged 47)
Chesapeake, Virginia, U.S.
Cause of death
Pancreatic cancer
Alma mater
Brown University B.S.'82,
Carnegie Mellon University PhD.'88
Known for
Creator of Alice software project Cofounder of CMU's Entertainment Technology Center Virtual Reality Research with Disney Imagineers Inspirational speeches regarding life #1 best-selling book Battle with cancer
Spouse
Jai Glasgow
Children
3
Awards
Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computer Science Education Fellow of the ACM Time's Time 100[1]
Scientific career
Fields
Computer science Human–computer interaction
Institutions
Carnegie Mellon University University of Virginia
Doctoral advisor
Alfred Spector
Randolph Frederick Pausch[2] (/paʊʃ/) (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) was an American educator, a professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Pausch learned he had pancreatic cancer in September 2006. In August 2007, he was given a terminal diagnosis: "three to six 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 co-authored a book of the same name, The Last Lecture, which became a New York Times best-seller.
Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008, aged 47.[3]
^Couric, Katie (May 12, 2008). "Randy Pausch". Time. Archived from the original on May 5, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
^Nelson, Valerie J. (July 26, 2008). "Randy Pausch, 47; terminally ill professor inspired many with his 'last lecture'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 6, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2008.
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