Her graduating class includes such figures as former Cathay General Hospital director Chen Kai-mo, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital director Hung Chi-jen, former Taipei Medical College president Chen An-chun and former Mackay Memorial Hospital director Lan Chung-chi. Though the majority of these venerable personages in Taiwan's medical community have stepped down from their posts, the sole woman from that era, Whang-Peng, remains ever busy, shunning retirement.
放眼當年的同班同學，包括前國泰醫院院長陳楷模、新光醫院院長洪啟仁、前台北醫學院院長陳安鈞、前馬偕醫院院長藍中基…… 等，在台灣醫界德高望重、身居要角的知名人物，如今多已下崗，唯獨當年萬綠叢中的一朵花──彭汪嘉康，仍鎮日奔忙，「退」而「不休」。