Albertas Šukys (1924–?) was born in Dobilynė homestead, Debeikiai parish, Utena county, in the family of Kazimieras Šukys and Juozapata (Baliūnaitė) Šukienė. In 1930-1934, he studied at Debeikiai Primary School. In 1934, the started Anykščiai Progymnasium. In 1938 he transferred to Utena Gymnasium and completed it in 1941. In December 1941, he started working as the head of the Municipality Distribution Point of the Debeikiai parish. In 1942, he passed additional exams of the Lithuanian language and literature. In August 1942, he applied to the Department of Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of Vilnius University. He was accepted and continued his studies until 1948, when he was removed from the student list for providing misleading personal information. He was sent to the Krasnoyarsk Krai. In 1956, he completed his fourth year of medical studies in the Krasnoyarsk Medical Institute. In 1957, he submitted a request to graduate from Vilnius University, as he returned to Lithuania because of his wife’s health. The permission was granted and Albertas came back to the fifth year of studies in September 1957. In 1959, Albertas Šukys was granted a medical degree.