Seymour (“Sy”) Sherman, age 98, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away August 14, 2023 at The Elms of Cranbury in Cranbury NJ.
Sy was born in New York, NY, to Anna and Jacob Sherman. He is predeceased by his wife, Evelyn and by his sister, Dorothy Starkman.
Sy graduated as Salutatorian from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. He played trumpet in his high school band and orchestra and in a dance band on the weekends, and as a teenager he played his trumpet in a band at a Catskill Mountain resort in the summers.
He served in the Army during World War II as a Private First Class. He was part of the Signal Corps Engineering Laboratory Development Detachment in California. He participated in the US Army Air Forces Training Command at University of Iowa, the US Army Specialized Training Program for Electrical Engineering at the University of Nebraska, and he was a radar mechanic, ground equipment, and carbine expert at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey.
After the war, he continued his studies at City College of New York, graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. He received his master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Harvard University and earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from New York University’s Courante Institute.
He started his career in the Aerospace industry and he continued his career by founding his own company, Compudat Scientific Systems, Inc. Mid-career he worked on Wall Street in systems management and ultimately in information security, leading teams at both Merrill Lynch and Chase Manhattan Bank. Never imagining himself as retired, he finished his career in management consulting and continued to work for various smaller firms until he was 80.
Sy is survived by his loving family: daughter Leslie and son-in-law Jeff, son Jonathan, grandchildren Kenny (Jess), Adam (Deena), Jason, Isaac, and Sophie, and great grandson Lennon.
Funeral services and burial will be held at Sharon Gardens in Valhalla, NY.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Funeral arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel. OrlandsMemorialChapel.com