Burial & Campus Memorial Information: The family plans a private burial in Virginia, where they relocated last fall. A campus memorial service is being planned. Details will be announced at a later date.
In Lieu of Flowers: The family requests that donations on Randy’s 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 (www.cmu.edu/giving/pausch), which primarily supports the university’s continued work on the Alice project.
Other Inquiries: Due to the public’s overwhelming show of support for Randy Pausch and his work, the university has established a webpage www.cmu.edu/randyslecture to help streamline inquiries. Please direct people to this page for more information, including:
How to order a DVD of Randy’s lecture, download it from iTunes U, or view it on YouTube.
How to download the transcript of his lecture.
Learn more about Randy’s book, The Last Lecture.
How to make a gift to the Randy Pausch Honorary Fund
Gifts to the Randy Pausch Honorary Fund will support the work he accomplished at Carnegie Mellon. His groundbreaking work on the Alice project is one of the priorities of the fund. Gifts to the fund can be made online at www.cmu.edu/giving/pausch.
Additional questions about making a gift to the Randy Pausch Honorary Fund can be directed the following University Advancement staff members (in this order):
Tracey Lewis, Annual Giving: 412-268-2021 , traceyl@andrew.cmu.edu
Mark Dorgan, Principal Giving Advisor: 412-268-8576 , mdorgan@andrew.cmu.edu
Pam Eager, Associate Vice President for Development, 412-268-2618 , eager@cmu.edu
Heidi Tracy, Assistant Vice President, Individual Giving, 412-268-1619 , htracy@andrew.cmu.edu
The web site www.cmu.edu/randyslecture can also be consulted for more information about “Alice,” Randy’s revolutionary software that teaches computer programming, and the Entertainment Technology Center, which Randy co-founded.
Peter Lee @ July 25, 2008
Comments from CMU website about Randy Pausch:
Joy
July 25, 2008 @ 11:10 am
Randy was a truly wonderful person. Although I did not know him personally, he touched my life. Please extend my deepest sympathies to his family, friends and colleagues.
Melissa
July 25, 2008 @ 11:16 am
I will miss seeing his posts, his encouragement, his love, his inspiration, his dreams, his wit, his amazing strength…….oh wait! we will always have those! His Spirit will never leave us!
Thoughts and prayers to family and friends.
jack lann
July 25, 2008 @ 11:20 am
Marvelous individual. It makes perfect sense that so many people feel as though they have lost a brother, when they have never even met the man. One such person here. Thanks for your part in putting this guy out there for al of us to to get to know and love.
Anonymous
July 25, 2008 @ 11:25 am
Randy
You helped change my life! When I was in times of doubt I discovered your lecture and your book. Jai, you and the kids will be forever in my prayers as Randy’s stories about you guys really moved me. As im sure you know your Randy has left a mark on the world that will never fade away. Randy is in a much better place and is healthy once again in Heaven. RIP Randy, you will be missed.
Chris Doohan
July 25, 2008 @ 11:50 am
This is very sad news. He was a great man and an inspiration to many, including me. I was so happy to hear that J.J. gave him a small role on the new Star Trek and I was really hoping that he would make it long enough to see himself when the movie premiered in May. Thank you J.J. for making one of his dreams come true.
You will be missed my friend. Beam him up, dad
Mayank Mital
July 25, 2008 @ 11:55 am
Hearing Randy’s lecture and interview on TV I felt I was rediscovering lost & hidden parts of my self. What a gift to realize wonderful & amazing things about life through the mind of a person who truly lived life to the hilt and to the last measure.
He was an exemplar of human greatness, through his wit, wisdom, passion, selflessness, humility and grace. May we all be as lucky and as blessed as Randy Pausch.
Randy
Even here in Germany Randy´s death makes me feel as if having lost a close friend. I wish his wife and his kids and his mother all the strength in the world to deal with this and want to thank him for spilling so much love into the world.