Jefferson Davis Montgomery Jr.
Jefferson Davis Montgomery Jr.
June 23, 1928 — November 27, 2019
Jefferson Davis Montgomery, Jr, passed away on Nov. 27, 2019 of natural causes. He was born on June 23, 1928 in Frenchtown, Arkansas to Clarcie Opal (Williams) Montgomery and Jefferson Davis Montgomery.
Mr. Montgomery was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Lois Evelyn (Cummins) Montgomery. He is survived by his sons, Samuel and Jeffrey Stephen, and daughters Theresa Hosking, Valerie Ginsberg, and Susan Garcia. Jeff was blessed with 15 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
Jeff graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology and Santa Clara University. He was a senior life member of IEEE and Member, SPIE, and OSA. A global traveler, he was also active in his community as a member of the Congregational Church of Belmont, the Democratic Party, and the Lions Club. He loved to read and relax with his family at Blue Lake in CA, and travels with his family to Mazatlán and Hawaii.
After serving in the US Navy, specializing in radio-based communications equipment, he joined Andrew Corporation in Illinois and later moved his family to southern California, serving as president of their California operations. While living in Montclair, California, he was active in local government, serving on the city council.
In 1963, he joined the company Eimac, a leading electronics manufacturer, which was later acquired by Varian Associates, and moved his family to Belmont in northern California. In Belmont, he was active in local government serving on the city planning commission.
In the 1970s, he worked at Quantum Science Corporation, before he co-founded Gnostic Concepts, a market and technology forecast consultancy and publisher, specializing in the electronics and communication industries. Eventually, Gnostic Concepts, was acquired by McGraw-Hill, a leading educational publication company.
Soon after, Jeff started his own consultancy, named Montgomery Venture Views, as well as FutureCast, publishing market and technology reports specializing in the electronics and communication industries. In 1976, he published the industry’s first market forecast on the use of fiber optics in communications.
In 1981, he founded ElectroniCast, which remains a leading consultancy, and specializes in forecasting trends in technology, markets and applications forecasting, and strategic planning, addressing several electronics and photonics industry segments.
Jeff authored hundreds and hundreds of market assessment and forecast reports, over the years, for the leading industrial companies, trade associations, government agencies, communications and manufacturing companies, as well as the investment community worldwide.
Around the year 2000, he authored several extensive essays covering the technological trends and advances of the use of fiber optic communications for the years 2000-2050, which appeared in books and magazine/journals. In the essay, he stated that fiber optic technology and related markets will continue to provide growth for the next 50 years and beyond.
When relaxing, among other things, Jeff enjoyed family camping at "Le Trianon", sailing his boat on Blue Lake, painting on canvas, researching his ancestry , tending to his gardens, feeding his "stray cats" and "lake ducks", geology/collecting rocks, and taking walks.
Memorial services will be held on Friday, Dec. 13 at Crippen & Flynn Carlmont Chapel in Belmont, where he resided for 40 years. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. and the service will begin at 12 p.m. He will be laid to rest near his wife and grandson at Skylawn Memorial Park in San Mateo, California following the service.
Online condolences may be made at: clementswilcoxfuneralhome.com.
