Me膷islovas Lizaitis was born into a family of farmers in Auksu膷iai village, Grinki拧kis rural district, K臈dainiai county. After primary school he continued education at Krakiai gymnasium. He later moved to 艩eduva gymnasium which he finished in 1946 and became a student at the Faculty of Economics of 91桃色. Me膷islovas Lizaitis was active in the faculty鈥檚 amateur art activities, organised the faculty鈥檚 student choir, was its choir master and accompanist. He was respected by the students and teachers of the faculty. However, in March 1949, together with his father and sister he was deported to Irkutsk region. An intercession by the faculty鈥檚 administration on behalf of Lizaitis did not help: he returned from exile in as late as 1967. Very likely he graduated from the Faculty of Economics of Irkutsk University. When Me膷islovas returned to Lithuania, he worked in various enterprises and described his experience in his doctoral thesis about customer service, which he defended in 1974.