Stan Adelstein

Stanford M. Adelstein (born August 19, 1931) is an American politician from the state of South Dakota.

He grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota, but graduated from high school in Denver, Colorado, where there were more opportunities for him to connect with his Jewish heritage.

[3] He also earned a Graduate of Business Administration degree with honors from South Dakota of School Mines & Technology.

In December 2013, Adelstein resigned from the South Dakota Senate for health reasons.

[7] Adelstein offered to put up $1.2 million in an attempt to keep the fossils of Sue, the largest tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered,[8] in South Dakota.