JEAN IVAN "COCO" MONTAGU

Coco Montagu was a mentor to me when I was a young electrical engineering graduate of M.I.T. I started a small engineering firm, Lumen Labs, and periodically Coco would invite me to General Scanning or out to lunch, just to stay in touch, give me advice and fill me on on major photonics happenings in the Boston area. Eventually Coco was instrumental in helping me rescue another M.I.T. spinout, Dimensional Photonics, from bankruptcy, by giving me advice and influencing some early investors in...

Thank you for the wonderful bench in Mt. Auburn Cemetery; what a beautiful and inspiring man to learn about in a beautiful and inspiring place.

Coco will be sorely missed. He was a dear person with a keen wit. I was very fond of him. Betty w. Stone

Sasha: Sorry to read about your Fathers passing, found this Memorial of him searching for you. Our Parents wrote the Playbook & it´s up to us to give to others, or it will be lost forever. Hope your doing well & God Speed To Your Father. . . Regards Al Whitton

I send my deepest sympathies and condolences to Kyra Gordon Montagu and Coco´s sons. Coco had a rare imagination and sense of humor which I always enjoyed. He is misses by me and many others of his friends,

One day, you are going to meet someone who will change your life. Because in the way they smile and talk to you, you see all your potential in just one look. And in the way they speak to you with the careful conversation, will make you realize that the adventure is worth pursuing.

Coco will be forever remembered for a life well-lived. Thanks for enriching so many people you touched, including me.

Richard Colonna

So sorry to hear of your loss. I was so fortunate to work closely with Coco for many years at General Scanning. Loved hanging at the house near Old Watatic Ski Area. He will be missed.

Dear Kyra, I learned today of Coco’s passing, and I wish to pass along my most heartfelt condolences on your loss. I treasure my time working with him while at MIT, learned so much from our conversations, and will never forget my visits your home to watch Coco and his fellow octogenarians enthusiastically working on their latest start-up. The world has lost an inspiring, considerate, generous innovator. Again, my condolences.