[3] From 1945 to 1974, he worked as a research scientist, and later director, at the David Sarnoff Laboratories of Radio Corporation of America (RCA) in Princeton, New Jersey.

[9] Premier Chiang Ching-kuo tasked Fei Hua, then Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan, with deciding on a major project in science and technology to implement.

Fei convened with Pan and Fang Hsien-chi [zh], the Secretary General of Telecommunications, and the three agreed that Taiwan should develop an electronics industry.

The seven attendees planned the development of Taiwan's electronics industry over breakfast, and Sun agreed to pay US$10 million to acquire RCA's semiconductor technology.

[9] After the meeting, Pan established and chaired the Technical Advisory Committee in the United States, with mainly Chinese-American university researchers and senior executives from major corporations such as IBM and Bell Labs, to steer the development of Taiwan's integrated circuit (IC) industry.

[12] In 2004, the foundation set up the Pan Wen Yuan Prize to reward people who have made major contributions to Taiwan's semiconductor industry.