Seward Park Basketball: Chilly Edelstein And Tom "Satch" Sanders

Another sports remembrance from Paul Levine:

I spent many days playing basketball at PS110. Ronnie Edelstein used to play there. His father, Chilly Edelstein, was the coach at Seward Park and apparently played in the NBA or it's equivalent. Also, I used to play with Freddie Sherman who was a couple of years older than me & the captain at Seward. Turns out his mother lived on my floor and I never put the two together. Who knows, Freddy Sherman could be related to Walter Matthau's friend Chubby Sherman?

Above to the left is Tom "Satch" Sanders a Seward Park alumnus and NBA star for the Celtics. He also starred for NYU in college. Below the statistics for the 1948 Trenton team in the American Basketball League. Chilly Edelstein averaged 9 points a game, a lot for those days.

This must be Chilly's son Stewie, who I went with to JHS 12 (Corlear's). He looks just like Stewie would after about 47 years. Maybe he can send us a photo of Chilly.

Executive director of the Universities at Shady Grove, came to the regional higher education center inn 2002. Dr. Edelstein has found his interaction with students to be the most rewarding aspect of his position. He has been impressed by many of the students' career focus and their ability to juggle work and families responsibilities while earning their degree. During his tenure at USG, the number of USM partners has increased as has the number of degree programs. Additionally, he has overseen the construction of SG Building III which will nearly triple the existing classroom space of USG. He has worked closely with Montgomery College and the Montgomery County Public School System to develop programs at USG that meet the higher education needs of the County and the region. Dr. Edelstein is an active member of several Montgomery County organizations. He is on the Board of the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce and serves as the vice chair of its Education subcommittee. He is also a member of the Montgomery County Business Roundtable for Education, the Montgomery County Workforce Investment Board and serves as the chair of the MC/MCPS Cluster Advisory Board for Education. He serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. In 2006 Dr. Edelstein received a Community Service Award from The Bernie Scholarship Awards Program and the Chairman's Award for his contributions to the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce.