1September, 929, Guo Yonghuai was admitted to the preparatory class of Nankai University. 193 1 summer, I graduated from preparatory class and transferred to undergraduate study. Because of his specialty in mathematics and interest in optics, he chose physics as his major, with the student number 1 18 1. From preparatory course to undergraduate course, Guo Yonghuai studied in Nankai University for four years. In the archives of Nankai University, precious historical materials of Guo Yonghuai are still preserved.

1956, Guo Yonghuai, who had been away from home for 16 years, returned to Beijing. Before returning home, Guo Yonghuai threw all the unpublished manuscripts accumulated for more than ten years into the bonfire in front of everyone. He later told his wife that the real knowledge was already in his mind, so he had better burn those manuscripts to avoid unnecessary trouble and delay his trip back to China.

In the late 1950s, a group of scientists in China suddenly "mysteriously disappeared". It was many years before people realized that they had devoted themselves anonymously to the development of China's nuclear weapons. This Nankai alumnus is also one of them.

1968 65438+In the early morning of February 5, a plane carrying top secret information crashed, and the Nankai alumni on board died heroically, and their lives were forever fixed at 59 years old.

1999, the Central Committee, the State Council and the Central Military Commission solemnly commended the scientific and technological experts who made outstanding contributions to the cause of "two bombs and one satellite" in the Great Hall of the People, and Nankai alumni were also posthumously awarded the "two bombs and one satellite meritorious medal".