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 |
Herbert Raymond 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. After World War II, the family moved to Phoenix where Herbert Sr was a high school math teacher.
Drinkwater was mayor of Scottsdale from 1980 to 1996, when he was diagnosed with salivary gland cancer.