Born (1929) - engineer, architect, architecturologist, doctor of humanities, prof. Jonas Minkevičius. In 1947 he graduated from Panevėžys Boys' Gymnasium, in 1947-1948 from Panevėžys Adult Gymnasium. 1948-1954 studied at Kaunas State University and Kaunas Polytechnic Institute. 1960-1967 Research fellow at the Lithuanian Research Institute of Construction and Architecture. 1967-1975 Lecturer at the Kaunas branch of the Lithuanian State Institute of Art. 1978-2001 worked at the Lithuanian Research Institute of Construction and Architecture (since 1991 Kaunas University of Technology, Institute of Architecture and Construction). Author of books, published over 600 articles on science popularisation. Participated in exhibitions with works of painting, graphics, sculpture and book illustration. He was awarded the Order of the Knight of Architecture (1999), the Culture and Art Prize of the Republic of Lithuania (2010).