Dr. Randy Pausch - A Superhero
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Living Life with Cancer - Inspiring Many
For his head-on, straight-forward, entertaining and motivational approach to facing the diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, I would like to introduce my superhero, the incredible Dr. Randy Pausch, professor and author of the Last Lecture.
He even comes with his own Superhero outfit. :)
Updates July 25, 2008: It is with great sadness that I have to report that Dr. Randy Pausch has lost his battle with Cancer. He died July 25, 2008.
In Lieu of Flowers: The family had requested 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.
More information can be found at the Carnige Mellon Tribute page the Enduring Legacy.
The Inspirational Randy Pausch
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As a Physician - I believe Randy Pausch's gift teaching us all about *living* after getting the diagnosis of a terminal illness. His straight-forward and motivational approach to facing the diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer has been an inspiration to millions.
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As a Teacher - His Last Lecture about "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" has inspired people not only following your dreams, but achieving your dreams.
He has also inspired educators to think about what knowledge we might impart if we were to give our own "Last Lecture."
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As a Parent - I have been inspired by his love of his family and his children and how he is doing what he can now, to create lasting memories for his children and help build the nets to catch his family when they fall off the cliff.
Thoughts on the Passing of Dr. Randy Pausch
We have lost a great spirit with the passing of Dr. Randy Pausch, but his legacy will live on.The one thought that came to mind when I heard of his passing was a line from "Ever After"
- While Cinderella and her Prince
did live happily ever after,
the point, gentlemen, is
that they lived.
I think this sums up Randy Pausch's life. He taught us all how to live.
My thoughts are with the family.
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A Sampling of the Remembrances for Dr. Randy Pausch
- CMU prof whose `last lecture' moved millions dies
- CMU prof whose `last lecture' moved millions dies from the San Francisco Chronicle.
- An Enduring Legacy - Carnegie Mellon University
- Randy Pausch, the professor at Carnegie Mellon University who inspired countless students in the classroom and others worldwide through his highly acclaimed last lecture, has died of complications from pancreatic cancer.
- July 25: In Memoriam: Randy Pausch
- In Memoriam: Randy Pausch, Innovative Computer Scientist at Carnegie Mellon, Launched Education Initiatives, Gained Worldwide Acclaim for Last Lecture.
- Campus Information About Randy Pausch | CSDiary
- The Campus Information About Randy Pausch by Peter Lee.
- Randy Pausch, 'Last Lecture' Professor Dies
- Randy Pausch, 'Last Lecture' Professor Dies from ABC News.
- Lustgarten Foundation Mourns the Loss of Dr. Randy Pausch
- The Lustgarten Foundation Website tribute to Dr. Randy Pausch.
- Randy Pausch, Author Of 'Last Lecture,' Dies at 47
- Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an international sensation and a best-selling book, died Friday from the Wall Street Journal.
- Randy Pausch, 47, Dies; His 'Last Lecture' Inspired Many to Live With Wonder
- Randy Pausch's Obituary from the New York Times.
The Latest and Last Public Service Announcement by Dr. Randy Pausch
On YouTube
Living Life. Teaching Lessons. Leaving a Legacy.
Reasons Why Randy Pausch is a SuperHero
- The Inspirational Randy Pausch
- Thoughts on the Passing of Dr. Randy Pausch
- A Sampling of the Remembrances for Dr. Randy Pausch
- The Latest and Last Public Service Announcement by Dr. Randy Pausch
- An Inspirational Message from Randy Pausch to Graduates
- Dr. Randy Pausch Websites at Carnegie Mellon
- Randy Pausch on Flickr
- The Last Lecture on YouTube
- Is Randy Pausch your superhero too?
- Calling all superheroes! - Dr. Randy Pausch One of the Lenses of the Day
- The Latest News about Dr. Randy Pausch
- The Last Lecture in the Amazon Spotlight
- The Incredible Pausch Family
- Randy Pausch: Teaching Your Children about Death
- A Moment to Take the Breath Away
- Dr. Randy Pausch a Poster Child for Pancreatic Cancer
- Living Each Day to the Fullest
- A Featured Lens on Dr. Elisabeth Kubler Ross
- Professor Randy Pausch Honorary Fund
- Alice.org - An Innovative 3D Programming Environment
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An Inspirational Message from Randy Pausch to Graduates
Dr. Randy Pausch Websites at Carnegie Mellon
- Randy Pausch's Web Site
- Dr. Randy Pausch's Web Site at Carnegie Mellon University.
- Randy Pausch Day-to-Day Information
- Dr. Randy Pausch's Day-to-Day Update Page at Carnegie Mellon University.
"Randy Pausch: He Lived 30 Years After a Terminal Diagnosis."
My Squidwho Lens on Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch on Flickr
The Last Lecture on YouTube
The Main Points of the Last Lecture
- Always have fun
- Dream big
- Ask for what you want
- Dare to take a risk
- Look for the best in everyone
- Make time for what matters
- Let kids be themselves
Is Randy Pausch your superhero too?
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alexa says:
yes he is too good man for everything.. and he made his way from no where. i like him and he is my superherp
Posted May 14, 2011
TLC97 says:
His legacy will live on.
Posted February 02, 2011
Mary114 says:
In making this lens, I have already demonstrated that I think Dr. Pausch is inspiring.
Posted December 25, 2010
Mary114 says:
His story really is inspirational. Yes, Randy Pausch my superhero!
Posted December 25, 2010
TransWealth says:
Terribly sorry to hear Randy Pausch passed away. He was a honorable man who will leave behind a great legacy. Indeed a very scholarly humanitarian he was.
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Posted August 10, 2010
shermaine says:
Dr. Randy is a great man..i reli appreciate to him.. and his article..may god bless him and his family.
Posted January 22, 2010
LaurieBeth says:
An extraordinary, special man. I think of him often and have the utmost respect for the lessons he had to give. He left a legacy of learning and positivity and he was taken from us far too soon.
Posted February 26, 2009
boshemia says:
He is one of many, life is supposed to be lived... and he lived it to the fullest. He always kept his priorities in front of him and refused to confuse people with things. A truly beautiful person.
Posted January 08, 2009
Christine Lynds says:
A a metastatic cancer patient, Randy Pausch was and continues to be a hero. You can read a posting about Randy and about other Cancer Heroes on my blog at http://chris-theedgeoflight.blogspot.com/2008/10/randy-pausch.html. I write about living with metastaic cancer.
Posted December 04, 2008
Eye_Guy says:
I think he was a great leader, speaker and teacher. He will be missed but his work will live on as he wished.
Posted August 14, 2008
crisstar says:
He taught us all very valuable lessons about life that we should never forget.
Posted July 30, 2008
Unknown says:
Abosolutely. He gives us all a wake up call to live our lives well and pursue our dreams. Because of Randy, I strive to find the Tigger within me and to regret nothing. I never heard of Randy or his story until last night when I watched a TV special titled "The Last Lecture". I know that I was meant to watch that special last night and to hear his story. He is truly an inspiration to all.
My heart and prayers go out to Randy, his wife, kids, and all those who knew Randy on a personal level. We will all miss him.
We will always remember, "You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand"
-Randy Pausch
Thank you Randy for all your inspiration.
Posted July 30, 2008
AdrienneJenkins says:
I am sad to hear of his passing so I started up a lens to memorialize his life and to raise funds for cancer.
http://www.squidoo.com/randy-pausch-memorial
Posted July 27, 2008
Noadi says:
Absolutely! I strive to live my life with as much fun and joy as he did.
Posted July 26, 2008
Joan4 says:
Absolutely! I was spellbound the first time I heard Randy Pausch speak and his videos are amazing. He has learned life's most important lessons in a very short time, and we all need to pay attention to what he is saying!
Posted July 23, 2008
Diamond_Wizard says:
Yes, I he is my super hero too! I find his story to be very inspirational. I'm also glad to have the opportunity to read his book and put a review of the book on my lens and on my web site, Andzi Gallery (blog section).
When I created the Andzi Gallery web site, I was looking for stories such as this where anyone could share thier experiences through writing or any artistic medium. I consider it an honor to have come across Randy Pausch story. He is phenomenal.
There are so many people who in my lifetime, I'm glad to have meet or had the opportunity to share their experiences or insights. Randy Pausch is one of these people. I especially like this quote "Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something." I never would have thought of that! Those two sentences alone are inspiring.
Posted July 16, 2008
No. I have someone else in mind.
Calling all superheroes! - Dr. Randy Pausch One of the Lenses of the Day
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The Latest News about Dr. Randy Pausch
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The Last Lecture
Amazon Price: $4.00 (as of 02/14/2012)
An extension in book form of the lecture that has become a phenomenon. In the book version Randy Pausch combines the humor, inspiration and intelligence from the lecture and creates a more permanent form.
This book is destined to become a classic gift book to inspire those facing challenges or life changes.
Dr. Randy Pausch's Last Lecture
- Randy Pausch: Childhood Dreams Lecture - Carnegie Mellon University
- View the Last Lecture at the Carnegie Mellon University website.
- PDF File Transcript of the Last Lecture
- PDF File Transcript of Dr. Randy Pauch's "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams."
- Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Order a DVD and Learn More - Carnegie Mellon University
- Order Randy Pausch's Last Lecture at the Carnegie Mellon University Website.
- The Last Lecture | Randy Pausch
- The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch--the lecture that captivated the world is now a book to inspires millions.
My SquidLit Lens on the Last Lecture Book
I put a photo of us on my website and explained that chemo had not affected my superpowers.
I got smiling e-mails in response.
Randy Pausch
The Incredible Pausch Family
Randy Pausch: Teaching Your Children about Death
- Randy Pausch: Living Through Your Knowledge of Death
- How do you teach your kids about death, it's easy just learn from the living lecture by Randy Pausch, Carnegie Mellon professor from The Parenting Doctor.
The Latest on Randy Pausch in the Blogosphere
- Extraordinary writer deserves to be remembered
- Perhaps his most famous column was the one about Randy Pausch in September 2007. Mr. Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and was giving what was called a ?last lecture,? which is a popular forum at colleges for leading professors to ...
- Journal Columnist Jeffrey Zaslow Dies at 53
- More recently, he became one of America's best-selling nonfiction writers, known internationally for such books as "The Girls from Ames," the story of a 40-year friendship among 10 women, and "The Last Lecture," about Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon ...
- Another Remembers Mara Steves on The Anniversary of Her Death
- She wove in themes from Randy Pausch's book, The Last Lecture ? I gather he had a similar thesis around maximizing time here on earth while we have it. So, on some level, the event has helped focus the children ? they were able to catch a life-lesson ...
- Life's Frailty, and the Gestures That Go a Long Way
- But many people know Jeff as co-author of ?The Last Lecture,? with the Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch, who delivered that now famous lecture after learning he had pancreatic cancer. Mr. Zaslow was also co-author of memoirs with Gabrielle ...
Randy Pausch
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A Moment to Take the Breath Away
Dr. Randy Pausch a Poster Child for Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer deaths in the US, but receives extremely little federal funding to support research efforts.
Dr. Randy Pausch has recorded several Public Service Announcements. He has also testified in front of Congress as to the need for more research money being allocated for Pancreatic Cancer Research. He supports the The Lustgarten Foundation and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
Randy Pausch Public Service Announcements on YouTube
Organizations Researching and Managing Pancreatic Cancer
- Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education
- The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN ) is the first national patient advocacy organization for the pancreatic cancer community. PanCAN works to focus national attention on the need to find a cure for pancreatic cancer.
- The Lustgarten Foundation
- Take Part in the Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk in Aid of the Lustgarten Foundation. The mission of The Lustgarten Foundation is to advance the scientific and medical research related to the diagnosis, treatment, cure and prevention of pancreatic cancer.
Living Each Day to the Fullest
It is only when we truly know and understand
that we have a limited time on earth
and that we have no way of knowing
when our time is up
that we will begin to live each day to the fullest,
as if it were the only one we had.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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Learning to Program in Alice in the Amazon Spotlight
Learning to Program with Alice
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This book takes an innovative approach to fundamental programming concepts using 3D animation.
It is written for anyone interested in programming using the Alice environment, an innovative 3D programming environment for teaching children.
Professor Randy Pausch Honorary Fund
The Pausch Fund will enable the university to continue and complete Randy's work, including his most important academic project: the Alice 3D authoring system.
- Professor Randy Pausch Honorary Fund - Carnegie Mellon University
- Information on the Professor Randy Pausch Honorary Fund.
Alice.org - An Innovative 3D Programming Environment
In Alice, 3-D objects (e.g., people, animals, and vehicles) populate a virtual world and students create a program to animate the objects.
- Alice.org
- Alice program is made freely available as a public service from Carnegie Mellon University.
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- inspired lens about an inspiring man! 5*
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- so inspirational, people who say life sucks when they have no real reason should take note of his story
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- It is hard not to laugh and cry at the same time while watching Randy. He lived more life than most of us could muster in two lifetimes.
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Dec 30, 2008 @ 12:52 am | delete
- A very informative lenses. Mr. Pausch and his outlook on life...and living it. His story really is inspirational. All of a sudden the fact that I'm laid off from my job and can't pay the bills, my truck needs brakes, and all of the other little things that usually cause me so much stress...don't matter as much..
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- Its a good lens and informative.
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- A wonderful lens for a wonderful guys. Favorited, lensrolled, gave you 5 stars. <3
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- A wonderful lens for a wonderful guys. Favorited, lensrolled, gave you 5 stars. <3
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- He's an inspiration!
Thanks for sharing Kirsti.
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- The bad news stunned me and it's really hard for me to accept it.
Now i'm still feeling sad...
May he rest in peace.
Thank you for the lens.
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