Herb Drinkwater

Herb Drinkwater
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]

Personal

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]

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.[6]

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". Deseretnews.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
3. "drinkingwaterz.com". Drinkingwaterz.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
4. Branom, Mark (1 May 2007). "At Scottsdale restaurant, it's Drinkwater no more". East Valley Tribune. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
5. "THIS RESTAURANT HAS CHANGED NAMES Drinkwater's City Hall Steakhouse". GAYOT. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
6. "Herb Drinkwater – Sit-by-me Statues on Waymarking.com". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.