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John Pang Yu (余金榜)

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John Pang Yu (余金榜)

Identity Snapshot

  • English: John Pang Yu
  • Chinese: 余金榜
  • Era: Birth Place
  • Geography: 台灣
  • Core roles: engineer, entrepreneur
  • Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who

Employment

  1. The Emerging Technologies Cooperative, Inc. Menlo Park, California, USA

Employment

  • The Emerging Technologies Cooperative, Inc. Menlo Park, California, USA — Managing Director

Family

No filled family fields on the TAH profile.

Role in the Community

  • Co-founder of the 印城台灣同鄉會 (Taiwanese-American Association of Indianapolis) in 1978 with 吳群也, 吳良也, 楊水森 and 朱耀源; served as its third president (1980–1981). See 12).
  • Served as president of the North American Taiwanese Engineering & Science Association, listed among the TAI-trained movement leaders in the 台灣協志會成立與大事記; the record’s Chinese edition 09) names him as 北美台灣工程師協會會長 余金榜 in the roster of alliance alumni who went on to lead Taiwanese community organizations. Corpus re-grep 2026-09-21 (slice 09201500-27): hit set unchanged (own TAH record + TAI memoirs + works index) — all hits now linked above.
  • Amateur stage actor in the 蓬萊歌劇團 (Penglai Opera Troupe): he was one of two “名角” the memoir says the troupe unearthed with 《火燒法統記》 — rehearsals began with the script still unfinished two weeks before curtain, and the playwright’s final draft note read only “演員自由發揮” (improvise freely); his performance made his reputation. In 《新相命記》 his wife read the script before casting and knew which role suited him (“知夫莫若妻”); his 院長 was “與眞的院長一樣惹人討厭…眞是一流的演技.” The troupe’s satire finales anchored the Northern California Lunar New Year banquets, and the troupe toured to Seattle and Los Angeles to “宣慰僑胞.” See 10). HOLD: conflict — this page’s family section says “no filled family fields” while the 蓬萊歌劇團 memoir names his wife 林秀鳳; flagged, not auto-merged.
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-09-22 (slice 09211400-28): hit set unchanged (own TAH #610 + TAI/Our Journeys memoirs + works index — all linked above); newly absorbed from the 蓬萊歌劇團 memoir: his stage debut in 《火燒法統記》. The 印城台灣同鄉會 歷任會長 list in 印城台灣同鄉會紀要 confirms his third-presidency term 1980–1981 as written.
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-09-22 (slice 09220900-9): hit set unchanged (own TAH #610 + ourjourneys37/37-eng/39 + our-journeys-389 + works index — all linked above). The 印城台灣同鄉會紀要 founding context (International Festival / Nationalities Council of Indiana motive) is association-level material, not personal biography — noted, not absorbed. Verified-saturated.
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-09-24 (slice 09230400-5): hit set unchanged (#610 + ourjourneys37/37-eng/39 + our-journeys-389 + works index — all linked above) — verified-saturated, SKIP this pass.
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-09-25 (slice 09240317-7): hit set unchanged (#610 + ourjourneys37/37-eng/39 + our-journeys-389 + works index — all linked above) — verified-saturated, SKIP this pass.
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-09-25 (slice 09250700-7): hit set unchanged (#610 + ourjourneys37/37-eng/39 + our-journeys-389 + works index — all linked above) — verified-saturated, SKIP this pass.
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-10-11 (slice 10100849-2): hit set unchanged (#610 + ourjourneys37/37-eng/39 + our-journeys-389 + works index — all linked above). Fresh ZH+EN+金榜 grep across all corpus dirs confirms no new material; the 協志會 memoir’s 北美台灣人工程師協會會長 roster (余金榜、施天墩) and the 印城會長 list already absorbed. HOLD (wife 林秀鳳 vs empty family fields) still stands. Verified-saturated, SKIP this pass.
  • His TAH encyclopedia entry is preserved as [[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/610-john-pang-yu-e4-bd-99-e9-87-91-e6-a6-9c-201509|TAH #610: John Pang Yu 余金榜 (2015/09)]].
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-09-26 (slice 09260317-23): hit set unchanged (#610 + ourjourneys37/37-eng/39 + our-journeys-389 + works index — all linked above) — verified-saturated, SKIP this pass.
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-10-12 (slice 10110500-2): hit set unchanged (#610 + ourjourneys37/37-eng/39 + our-journeys-389 + works index + sources/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org — all linked above). One new grep hit in 2020 立委當選名單 is a false positive — 周金榜 (無黨籍 candidate, 第6選舉區高雄) is a different person, not 余金榜; not linked. Verified-saturated, SKIP this pass.
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-10-10 (slice 10081100-24): hit set unchanged (#610 + ourjourneys37/37-eng/39 + our-journeys-389 + works index + sources/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org — all linked above). Fresh ZH+EN grep confirms no new corpus material; 印城台灣同鄉會紀要 president list, TAI 協志會 roster, and 蓬萊歌劇團 memoir all already absorbed. HOLD (wife 林秀鳳 vs empty family fields) still stands. Verified-saturated, SKIP this pass.
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-10-13 (slice 10120700-19): hit set unchanged (#610 + ourjourneys37/37-eng/39 + our-journeys-389 + works index + sources/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org + taiwanjustice 2020 立委名單 false positive 周金榜 — all classified above). Fresh 余金榜/John Pang Yu/金榜 grep across all 5 corpus dirs returned no new material; 協志會 roster, 印城會長 list, and 蓬萊歌劇團 memoir (火燒法統記 debut, 新相命記 院長 role, wife 林秀鳳) all already absorbed. HOLD (wife 林秀鳳 vs empty family fields) still stands. Verified-saturated, SKIP this pass.

Sources

  • |TAH Foundation
  • |taiwaneseamericanhistory.org
  • Corpus re-grep 2026-09-27 (slice 09260700-13): hit set unchanged (#610 + ourjourneys37/37-eng/39 + our-journeys-389 + works index — all linked above) — verified-saturated, SKIP this pass.

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