Sherman Chottiner

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Sherman Chottiner, 81, died at his home on Wednesday morning. He was born in McKeesport, PA on August 22, 1938, the son of Abraham and Lillian Parker Chottiner. He grew up in Clairton, PA a neighboring mill town where he graduated from high school. He attended college at Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon, in 1961 with a major in chemical engineering. His first job was in Buffalo, NY with the Lindy division of Union Carbide where he met his future wife Carol Keller.

Sherman began his graduate education at New York University and earned his MBA with an award for the highest grades. He continued his education in the NYU PhD program with a Ford Foundation Fellowship and majored in statistics; applied math and finances.

Sherman and Carol married in 1964 and moved to Syracuse in 1966 with their daughter Lauren. Both of their sons Jeffrey and Marlund were born in Syracuse. Sherman began his career of 35 years at Syracuse University School of Management as a professor in the department of Quantitative Methods where he taught statistics and applied math.

Sherman was known for his ability in teaching and won an award as Teacher of the Year at University College of SU. He was chairman of his department for eight years and helped develop an Independent Study MBA Program.

He has written two text books where in included humor along with the subject matter. Calculus: Math Alive and Applied for Business, Economics and Life Mathematics: Alive and Applied for Business, Economics and Life.

Sherman enjoyed playing sports, his favorite being volleyball. He also played baseball on his department team. He was an avid SU basketball fan and enjoyed football and lacrosse as well.
He was interested in the stock market, current news, and could always tell you the weather report.

Most of all Sherman was a family man. He and his wife Carol were partners for 55 years. He enjoyed being with his children and his most recent pleasure was bonding with his grandchildren.

Sherman is survived by his wife Carol (Keller) Chottiner; daughter Lauren (Avi) Maza; sons Jeffrey Chottiner and Marlund Chottiner; and grandchildren Seth, Liana and Jessica Maza, and Victoria Chottiner.

Private graveside services are in the Congregation Shaarei Torah section of Oakwood Cemetery.
The service will be live streamed at 2PM, Thursday May 21, on the Sisskind Funeral Service Facebook page.