Courageous Jai Pausch – Life After Randy

I received a comment today one of my Living in Courage readers Mary, asking for an update on Randy Pausch's wife Jai and the children. It has been almost a year (July 25th 2008) since his passing. During Randy's illness with pancreatic cancer, I had frequent updates (archived in Courage and Archived … [Read more...]

Randy Pausch Dies Today of Pancreatic Cancer

Randy Pausch was 47 years young.  His courageous passing will be felt by people across the world.  What an amazing man, what an amazing family.  Randy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2006, being told he had 3 to 6 months to live.  He made every day count. Randy Pausch's Last Lecture at … [Read more...]

Randy Pausch Update – A Perfect Day

May 18th, 2008: A perfect day! Everyone should have a day this perfect in their lives. Carnegie Mellon flew Jai and me up to Pittsburgh to attend graduation. I had the honor of giving the charge to the graduates at the end of the ceremony. Even the weather cooperated to make it a perfect … [Read more...]

Randy Pausch Goes To Congress

Randy Pausch went to Congress to use his new found unintended celebrity that he received through the lecture at Carnegie Mellon University to speak on behalf of Pancreatic cancer. Randy urged Congress to provide funding for research to eradicate this most lethal cancer. … [Read more...]

The Amazing Last Lecture of Randy Pausch

Dr. Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. Last September (2007) he gave his last lecture. This is a tradition among College Professors - giving your last lecture as though you were dying.The rub is, Dr Randy Pausch, is in all likelihood dying. He is battling pancreatic cancer. … [Read more...]