Herb Drinkwater
Mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona
In office
1980–1996
Preceded byBill Jenkins
Succeeded bySam Campana
Personal details
Born1936
New York
DiedDecember 28, 1997 (age 61)
Scottsdale, Arizona

Herb Drinkwater (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

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

Legacy

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

  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.
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