周培源1902年8月24日出生于江苏宜兴一个书香门第之家。幼年的周培源就聪慧过人。青少年时期,中国受列强欺压,政治动荡不安,人民贫病交加,周培源看在眼里,痛在心上,随之萌发了报效国家、振兴中华的志向。中学时期在上海圣约翰大学附中读书。1924年毕业于清华学校,(即清华大学的前身)。毕业后,赴美国芝加哥大学学习,1926年获美国芝加哥大学学士、硕士学位。 Zhou Peiyuan was born on August 24, 1902 in Yixing, Jiangsu, a scholarly house. Zhou Peiyuan juvenile bright extraordinary. In adolescence, China was oppressed by the powers, the political turmoil was unsettled, the people were experiencing poverty and poverty. Zhou Peiyuan saw in his eyes and felt painful in his heart that he then sprouted the ambition of serving the country and revitalizing China. Secondary school in Shanghai St. John’s University attached middle school reading. He graduated from Tsinghua University in 1924, (predecessor of Tsinghua University). After graduation, went to the University of Chicago to study in the United States in 1926, received a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree from the University of Chicago.