Friday, July 25, 2008

July 25, 2008 - Farewell to Randy Pausch

Sad news, but news we expected eventually. Professor Randy Pausch of Carnegie-Mellon University has died of pancreatic cancer:



See my October 24, 2007 blog entry for more on this remarkable man, and his "Last Lecture" delivered at Carnegie-Mellon. It's become one of the most popular downloads on YouTube. Oprah also had him on her show, to give a Reader's Digest condensed version of the lecture.

Here's a link to a news article about his death.

Many of us are grateful to Randy for modeling what successful survivorship is all about.

Carl

2 comments:

Wendy S. Harpham, MD said...

Dear Pastor,

Like you, I have been following and positively affected by the life and death of Dr. Randy Pausch. Thanks for your tribute.

Randy Pausch lives on:
http://wendyharpham.typepad.com/healthy_survivorship/2008/07/randy-pausch-lives-on.html

With respect and hope, Wendy

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for the link to his lecture. What a gift! Robin