Herb Drinkwater | |
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Mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona | |
In office 1980–1996 | |
Preceded by | Bill Jenkins |
Succeeded by | Sam Campana |
Personal details | |
Born | August 28, 1936 New York |
Died | December 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]
One of Drinkwater's sons, Mark Drinkwater, used to own Drinkwater's City Hall Restaurant at the Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale. [3] Mark was also part of the ownership group at Drinkwater's City Hall Steakhouse in downtown Scottsdale but sold the restaurant in 2007 [4] and the name changed to Mastro's City Hall Steakhouse. [5]
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. [6]
Herb Drinkwater | |
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Mayor of Scottsdale, Arizona | |
In office 1980–1996 | |
Preceded by | Bill Jenkins |
Succeeded by | Sam Campana |
Personal details | |
Born | August 28, 1936 New York |
Died | December 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]
One of Drinkwater's sons, Mark Drinkwater, used to own Drinkwater's City Hall Restaurant at the Scottsdale Airport in Scottsdale. [3] Mark was also part of the ownership group at Drinkwater's City Hall Steakhouse in downtown Scottsdale but sold the restaurant in 2007 [4] and the name changed to Mastro's City Hall Steakhouse. [5]
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. [6]