I worked with Henry at Memorex and he was always bigger than life. Today he came to mind for no special reason. Some people in our past are just like that. Henry was one of them. There were many and most are gone but not forgotten.

PS to my previous observation. In my executive career years after working with Henry, when confronted by a difficult decision, my first thought always was “What would Henry Montgomery do?”

I’ll second Mr. Meeker’s observation. He was the most insightful and funny guy I ever worked for. First encounter at McKinsey, where we were doing an engagement for Chase Bank. Walked into his office; he asked if I minded him having a manicure while we met. I assumed he had a manicurist scheduled, as many of us called in barbers and shoe shiners while we worked. But not Henry ... he pulled a set of nail clippers from his desk. He also managed to sprain an ankle in a Sunday afternoon game of football, which led him to avoid the office managing director for the next four weeks. We continued contact when he left, first to a nearby LBO firm, through his job at Memorex. Why California? As he related to me, his daughters wanted a pony, and even in suburban New Jersey, that was an impossibllity. rIP, Henry!11

When I received my MBA from Cal in 1977 and was hired by Memorex as a fledgling financial analyst, I had the great fortune to be assigned as the dedicated analyst to support Henry, as CFO. I am sure the lessons I learned from him were key to my career as a senior financial office in Silicon Valley (Diasonics, Cadence Design Systems, Metron [AMAT] and Nanometrics. Thank you, Henry.

Mr. Henry Montgomery was always there for my family and I. He was a mentor and I looked up to him like he was my Pops and he was always giving me positive advice and life lessons before I left Hawaii for the mainland. He will forever be missed.