Randolph Frederick ("Randy") Pausch: October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008
Pausch delivered his "Last Lecture", titled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, at CMU on September 18, 2007. This talk was modelled after an ongoing series of lectures where top academics are asked to think deeply about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical "final talk," i.e., "What wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?"