FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BROTHER LEO CHORMAN, F.S.C., FORMER MANHATTAN COLLEGE TRUSTEE, DEAD AT 83

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Brother Leo Chorman, F.S.C., former member of Manhattan College’s board of trustees, died on July 17, 2005. He was 83.

Br. Leo was elected to the College’s board of trustees in 1973 and served on it for 13 years. From 1977 to 1990, he was the director of the religious community of the Brothers of Manhattan College. Earlier, he was treasurer and finance chairman of the New York Province of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

A native New Yorker, Br. Leo received the Religious Habit of the Christian Brothers in 1940. He graduated cum laude in 1945 from The Catholic University of America and earned his master’s degree in English literature from Fordham University. He taught at several New York high schools, including La Salle Institute, Bishop Loughlin High School, St. Joseph’s Juniorate and De La Salle Institute. He served as principal and director of St. Joseph’s from 1958 to 1963 and principal of La Salle Institute from 1963 to 1972. Br. Leo also was for several years a member of the District Council of the New York Province.

From 1958 to 1986, Br. Leo served as an evaluator for the accrediting agency Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, and was chairman of evaluating teams nine times during those years. In addition, Br. Leo was formerly a board member of the Methodist Church Home in Riverdale, N.Y. and the assistant editor of the board’s newsletter.

The wake and funeral for Br. Leo were held at De La Salle Hall in Lincroft, N.J., where he resided.

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