Born on 19.10.1944 in Raudonėnai k., Jurbarkas r.
In 1962 he graduated from Kuršėnai Secondary School and entered Vilnius University to study astrophysics. After returning from the army, he worked for ten years as a physics and astronomy teacher at Pravieniškės (Kaišiadorys district) Secondary Shift School, continued his studies at Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, and obtained a speciality of radio engineer. For one year he worked in the central laboratory of the Kaunas Radio Factory as a radio equipment regulator. From 1977 to 1992 he worked as a director and lecturer at the Vilnius Planetarium, and from 1992 to 2004 he worked as a chairman of the board of the Lithuanian Society "Žinija" and as a lecturer.