吴式枢,江西宜黄县人,1923年5月23日生。1944年毕业于上海同济大学机械系,后留校在数理系任助教。1947年去美国留学,1951年在美国伊里诺州立大学获物理科学硕士和哲学博士学位。同年回国,在大连工学院任教授,1952年调到东北人民大学(今吉林大学)任物理系教授,系主任。现为吉林大学物理系一级教授,名誉系主 Wu-Shu, Jiangxi Yihuang County, May 23, 1923 students. In 1944, graduated from Shanghai Tongji University, mechanical department, after leaving school in mathematics and physics department assistant professor. 1947 to the United States to study abroad, in 1951 at Illinois State University, received a master’s degree in physics and phd. In the same year, he returned to China. He was appointed professor in Dalian Institute of Technology and transferred to Renmin University of Northeast China (now Jilin University) as professor and director of Department of Physics. Jilin University is now a professor of physics, honorary department