On September 18, 2007, computer science
professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at
Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving
Your Childhood Dreams.” With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the
audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his
pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that
day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny.
He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.Randy’s lecture
has become a phenomenon, as has the book he wrote based on the same principles,
celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Sadly, Randy lost his
battle to pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008, but his legacy will continue to
inspire us all, for generations to come.
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