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 =**ID card **=  Full name: Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch.  Parents' names: Fred and Virginia. Year of birth: 1960. Where born: Baltimore, Maryland, USA.  Place of work: Carnegie Mellon University. Location: Virginia, USA. Profession: Ph.D. in computer science. What he is famous for: His cancer and his lecture- "the last lecture".

=Interview- questions and answers =  1. When and where were you born? Answer: I was born in October 23, 1960 in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in Columbia, Maryland.

2. Tell us some about your family. Answer: I married Jai Glasgow in May 2000 and we have three children. Dylan, the eldest son, is six years old, Logan is five years old, and the youngest daughter Chloe, is two years old.

3. What were your academic achievements? Answer: I received my bachelor's degree in computer science from Brown University in May 1982 and my Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in August 1988.

4. After finishing your studies – where did you work? Answer: While I studied to my Ph.D. degree and afterwords I was working at the University of Virginia and later at Carnegie Mellon University. between other things I started the "Building Virtual Worlds" course at CMU and taught it for 10 years. During these years I also spent sabbaticals at Walt Disney Imagineering and Electronic Arts and consulted with Google on user interface. I am also the founder of the Alice software project and I was the author or co-author of five books and over 70 articles.

5. When did the doctors discover the cancer and as a result of what? Answer: I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and underwent a surgery for taking out the pancreas on September 19, 2006 in an unsuccessful attempt to halt my pancreatic cancer. 6. What made you decide about the contents of your "last lecture"? Answer: After the doctors discovered the cancer I decided to give a speech in Carnegie Mellon University as part of a custom that professors give a lecture as if this lecture was their "last lecture" before their death.

7. What is the lesson you want to pass on to the world? Answer: I think that the main lesson I want to pass the world is achieving your childhood dreams.  =Speech = Hellow ladys and gantelmens, I am the  representative of The Cancer Society and I want to give a prize to Randy Pausch. Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and Moved with his family to a suburb in Virginia to be close to his wife's family. Despite the cancer Pausch didn't focus on himself and his illness but tried to spend his time with his family and friends and make his family's life during his illness and after his death much happier and easier.  After he was diagnosed he decided to give a speech in Carnegie Mellon University as part of a custom that professors give a lecture as if this lecture was their "last lecture" before their death. Among others he encouraged to tell the truth and to live the moment. Pausch emphasized the importance of childhood dreams. Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008 and didn't know how much his "last lecture" influenced world. The lecture became a popular YouTube video (more than 10,033,250 views <span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">) and led to other media appearances. Then he co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a New York Times best-seller. As a result we decided to give Pausch the prize.

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left; msoansilanguage: ENmsoAnsiLanguage;"> Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in Columbia, Maryland. After graduating from Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Pausch received his bachelor's degree in computer science from Brown University in May 1982 and his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in August 1988. While Pausch studied to his Ph.D. degree and afterwords he was working at the University of Virginia and later at Carnegie Mellon University. between other things he started the "Building Virtual Worlds" course at CMU and taught it for 10 years.During these years Pausch also spent sabbaticals at Walt Disney Imagineering and Electronic Arts and consulted with Google on user interface. He is also the founder of the Alice software project that implemented in Java and uses create computer animations and he is the author or co-author of five books and over 70 articles. In May 2000 Pausch married with Jai Glasgow and now they have three young children. Dylan, Logan and Chloe. Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and underwent a surgery for taking out the pancreas on September 19, 2006 in an unsuccessful attempt to halt his pancreatic cancer. Pausch delivered his "Last Lecture", titled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", at CMU on September 18, 2007. In his lecture he summarized his life and presents his world-view. Among others he encouraged to tell the truth and to live the moment. Pausch emphasized the importance of childhood dreams and said that the lecture was designed to leave a photographed memory for his family. <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left; mso-ansi-language: EN; msoansilanguage: EN;">The lecture became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances. Then he co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a New York Times best-seller. Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008.

=<span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #37b431; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">Rationale = <span style="font-size: 16pt; color: #37b431; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"> = = <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left; msoansilanguage: EN-USmso-fareast-font-family;">When the teacher told us that the subject of our project is "Shaping the Future in the 21st century" I didn't know what to do. I didn't have any idea for a subject because the 21st century started only 9 years ago and there are a few innovations that were invented during these years. In the end I remembered a good book I read, "The Last Lecture", about Randy Pausch and I decided to do my project about him. I appreciated Pausch because I think that he was a good man and exploited his life. He didn't waste his time, did what he really liked to do and fulfilled his childhood dreams.

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; text-align: left; msoansilanguage: EN-USmso-fareast-font-family;">During I worked on the project I learned about Randy Pausch who was a very amazing man, a moral person that loved his life. He was a professor of computer science and found the Alice software project. He was a very creative man and became famous as a result of his lecture "the last lecture". In addition I learned from Pausch how a person should live life in the best way and how to exploit life and love them. The main thing I learned from working on the project is English. Furthermore I learned how to re-write information that I read in my own words. It wasn't easy because I worked alone, but now I am satisfied that I finished it. I think that despite the difficulty it gave me a lot for my next works.

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