A memorial in honor of Marvin Andrews, a former Phoenix City Manager, will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 29, in the plaza east of Phoenix City Hall, 200 W. Washington St.
Mayor Phil Gordon, City Council members, City Manager Frank Fairbanks and friends and family are scheduled to attend the event.
Andrews, who died in 2004, served as city manager for 13 years under seven mayors and 52 council members. He joined the city of Phoenix in 1958 as a budget analyst, gradually moving up the municipality’s ladder until being appointed city manager in 1976 under an administration led by former Mayor Margaret T. Hance.
Honors Andrews received during his service included being named the best city manager in the United States in 1986 by City and State Magazine, receiving the National Civic League’s “All-America City” award in 1979 and 1989, the International City Management Association’s Mark Keane Award for Excellence in 1994, and the National Academy of Public Administration’s National Public Service Award in 1990.