Randy Pausch

Randy's famous best-seller, The Last Lecture, co-written by Jeffrey Zaslow

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With his oldest son, Logan

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Robin Luo, who attended Randy Pausch's Last Lecture, also battled cancer and became a large advocate of the cause. When Randy had offered to give away the stuffed animals, Robin had taken one and sent this picture of her to Randy sometime after the Last Lecture.

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Giving his inspirational Last Lecture at Carnegie Mellon University

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Randy Pausch often rode his bike around his neighborhood to increase his health. He was on the headset with Jeffrey Zaslow, when writing his book.

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Prev NextRecieving a plaque from Hyperion congradulating that two million copies in print were sold ("All I cared about as the first 3 copies").

"We don't beat the reaper by living longer. We beat the reaper by living well... The question is, what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up?" - Professor Randy Pausch

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Delivered to the Class of 2008 at Carnegie Mellon University. See here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYv5x6gZTA

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With Jeffrey Zaslow, who assisted Randy in writing his Last Lecture book

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Hosted by representative Roybal-Allard, Randy dedicated his last months to raising congressional awareness about pancreatic cancer.

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Spending quality time with Chloe, his youngest child

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Giving a message to his friends and family concerning his health and cancer process.

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One of his dreams was to be the cool guy at amusement parks who would win the giant stuffed animal.

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Even as a young boy he mentioned how much of a dreamer he was.

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On Oprah, about to give an abridged version of his Last Lecture.

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The memorial bridge dedicated to Randy Pausch at Carnegie Mellon University. It has a rainbow changing effect inspired by Randy's imaginative personality and his colorful life.

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The closeup of the Randy Pausch Memorial Bridge, based on a penguin design

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His memorial was not meant to be a sad one. To lighten up the spirit, everyone who came got a tigger plush

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As a child, Randy got to paint his room. He added inpsirational and creative things that would help him shape his life.

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"Well, I wanted to have a quadratic formula on the wall. In a quadratic equation, the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square. Always a nerd, I thought that was worth celebrating." -Professor Randy Pausch

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See here for more information about the significance of the paintings in his room from his sister, Tammy Pausch. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F2e6ClK4b4

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Randy and his wife Jai Glasgow as newly weds.

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Christmas day at the Pausch family! The day was even more wonderful since Randy wasn’t sure he’d be around for it. Left to right: Dylan, Randy, Logan, Jai, and Chloe

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Spending an afternoon playing football with his favorite player Hines Ward of the Pittsburgh Steelers. It was one of his childhood dreams to become a professional football player in the NFL.

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The Proclamation declaring that November 19th would be "Randy Pausch Day" in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Enjoying Halloween being an "Incredible" family. "I get chemotherapy once a week, and it has some side effects but has not been dramatically affecting my super powers."

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Left to Right: Logan, Chloe, Jai, Randy and Dylan

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Family trip to Orlando, Disney World; meeting Mickey Mouse

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"I'm definitely in the runing for 'healthiest dying man in America.'" Scubadiving 100 feet of the Cayman Islands on December 1st, 2007.

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Making Memories by swimming with Dylan at Discovery Cove in Magic Kingdom.

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Randy wanted to leave something behind for his children in the Disney Parks

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Shirts remembering Randy Pausch and his Last Lecture can be purchased online.

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