Herb Drinkwater

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Herb Drinkwater
Mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona
In office
1980–1996
Preceded byBill Jenkins
Succeeded bySam Campana
Personal details
BornAugust 28, 1936
New York
DiedDecember 28, 1997 (age 61)
Scottsdale, Arizona

Herb Drinkwater (August 28, 1936 – December 28, 1997) was an American politician from the state of Arizona. Herbert Raymond Drinkwater, was the oldest child of Herbert Drinkwater (1909-1992) and Alice Estella Bumstead (1913-1987). His father was born in England, his mother in New York, where they married and had their first child: Herbert.[1] After World War II, the family moved to Phoenix where Herbert Sr was a high school math teacher.

Herbert Raymond Drinkwater was mayor of Scottsdale from 1980 to 1996, when he was diagnosed with salivary gland cancer.[2]

Personal[edit]

One of Drinkwater's sons, Mark Drinkwater, used to own Drinkwater's City Hall Restaurant at the Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale.[3]

Legacy[edit]

The city of Scottsdale has a boulevard named after him; a statue of Drinkwater was built at the boulevard. The statue was dedicated on May 10, 2003.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Marriage: "New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967"
    New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA; New York State Marriage Index
    (accessed 29 August 2022)
    Herbert Drinkwater marriage to Alice E. Bumstead on 24 Aug 1935 in Scotia, New York, USA.
  2. ^ "4-term mayor of Scottsdale, Herb Drinkwater, dies at 61 | Deseret News". Deseretnews.com. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  3. ^ "drinkingwaterz.com". Drinkingwaterz.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Herb Drinkwater – Sit-by-me Statues on Waymarking.com". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.