The son of the late “Last Lecture” speaker Randy Pausch is following in his father’s footsteps.
Almost two years after his father’s death at age 47 from pancreatic cancer, 8-year-old Dylan Pausch is campaigning to raise awareness about the deadly disease, lobbying on Capitol Hill and walking the same halls as his father, the Carnegie Mellon professor who touched lives with his inspiring “Last Lecture.” The elder Pausch pushed for increased pancreatic cancer funding in the final days before his death in July 2008.
“So many people are dying from pancreatic cancer and the survival rates are so low,” a precocious Dylan told ABC News. “If we keep studying, we might be able to change that.”
Joined by his mother, Pausch’s wife Jai, and hundreds of members of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Dylan met with Washington lawmakers this week, urging them to increase funding for pancreatic cancer, the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. and one of the most underfunded due to its low survival rate.
“I think it’s wonderful for him to see, individually we have the power as an American to make a difference,” Jai Pausch told ABC. “I think that this helps them say, ‘Wow, I can do something, maybe I can’t bring my dad back to life, but I can help other people.’”
With approximately 10 tumors in his body and mere months to live, professor Randy Pausch created his “Last Lecture” to urge his students to chase their childhood dreams, value their loved ones and perhaps above all, have fun. The charismatic Pausch became an Internet sensation as his lecture went viral and eventually became a book.
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