{{Short description|American businessman and politician}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Don Hummel | image = Don Hummel.jpg | image_size = | caption = | order = | office = Mayor of Tucson, Arizona | term_start = 1955 | term_end = 1961 | predecessor = Fred Artemas Emery Jr. | successor = Lewis Walter Davis | office2 = 33rd President of the National League of Cities | term2 = 1961 | predecessor2 = Raymond Tucker | successor2 = Richardson Dilworth | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|09|08}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|8|18|1907|09|08|mf=y}} | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | alma_mater = | profession = | spouse = | party = Democratic }}
'''Don Hummel''' (September 8, 1907 – August 18, 1988) was an American businessman and politician. Don Hummel served as the mayor of Tucson, Arizona from 1955 through 1961,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Citizen |first=Tucson |date=2015-04-07 |title=Don Hummel |url=https://tucson.com/article_8a355ea0-dd5a-11e4-9ef2-33d86e655f37.html |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=Arizona Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> where he is remembered for pushing an aggressive annexation program that helped encourage the city's rapid growth.<ref>{{Cite web |title=There Goes The Neighborhood (March 6 - March 12, 1997) |url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/tw/03-06-97/cover.htm |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=www.tucsonweekly.com}}</ref> He also served as Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development during the administration of President Lyndon B. Johnson.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Don Hummel |url=https://tucson.com/don-hummel/article_8a355ea0-dd5a-11e4-9ef2-33d86e655f37.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Arizona Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> In 1961, he served as president of the National League of Cities.<ref name="NLCpresidents1">{{cite web |title=Past Presidents of the National League of Cities |url=https://www.nlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/NLC-Past-Presidents-List.pdf |publisher=National League of Cities |access-date=13 August 2025 |date=June 2023}}</ref>
Hummel was also a concessionaire for the National Park Service, owning and operating hotels, guest cabins and other visitor services in Glacier National Park, Lassen Volcanic National Park, and Mount McKinley National Park.
He was the author of two published books, ''Stealing the National Parks'' (1987) and ''One Man's Life'' (1988).
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