Peter Kuo

Prepared by Peter Lichang Kuo ( Chinese ) I. Overview My formal education was that I graduated from Park Elementary School in Tainan . Other than that, from junior high night school to graduate school, I could only graduate by as a top one. My time in school was extremely short, with no campus life and no summer or winter breaks. Every day, I had to stay on edge, serving a demanding group of clients, with a year-round, nonstop work schedule that consumed my entire life before military service. As such, the only thing I can recall is my elementary school teacher, Mr. Chiu Sen-Jen. Mr. Chiu was exceptionally knowledgeable and well-read, often sharing stories about famous figures. One day, he mentioned the reasons behind Japan 's surrender in World War II and brought up the name " Einstein ." He even wrote a formula on the blackboard with chalk, saying it was the origin of the atomic bomb. In 1979, shortly after arriving in the United States , I visited Princeton ...

Prepared by Peter Lichang Kuo ( Chinese ) I. Overview The Scripture says: " God is light ." (1 John 1:5) With God in your heart, even in darkness, there is no fear. " Photonics "—derived from " photon "—is a term that some may have encountered while reading " Kuo’s Journey: 60 Years of Industrial Transformation ." Someone asked, " What is a photon ?" The answer traces back to 1986, when we launched the " Rich Taiwan Plan ." At the time, Taiwan was facing a bottleneck in its industrial transformation during the early 1980s. Orders for portable transistor recorders, the lifeblood of the electronics industry, plummeted sharply. Walkman player orders were suddenly canceled overnight. American and Japanese companies either closed plant or relocated from Taiwan , leaving many unemployed. Some people, after months of job searching, lamented, " If I can’t find a job soon, I’ll have to become a taxi driver !" However, ...