Harry E. Kinney

{{Infobox officeholder | name = Harry E. Kinney | image = Harry Kinney mid1990s.jpg | caption = Harry Kinney in the mid-1990s. | order = 21st & 23rd | office = Mayor of Albuquerque | term_start = December 1981 | term_end = November 1985 | predecessor = [[David Rusk]] | successor = [[Ken Schultz]] | term_start1 = July 1, 1974 | term_end1 = November 1977 | predecessor1 = Richard G. Vaughan | successor1 = [[David Rusk]] | office2 = [[List of Mayors of Albuquerque|Chairman of the Albuquerque City Commission]] | term_start2 = October 1971 | term_end2 = February 21, 1973 | predecessor2 = [[Charles E. Barnhart]] | successor2 = [[Louis E. Saavedra]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|6|7}} | birth_place = [[Trinidad, Colorado]]<ref name="obituary"/> | death_date = {{death date and age|2006|5|9|1924|6|7}} | death_place = [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Velma Allene Lowery {{small|(1924–1969)}} }} '''Harry Edwin Kinney''' (June 7, 1924 – May 9, 2006) was 21st & 23rd [[List of Mayors of Albuquerque|Mayor of Albuquerque]] for two terms, from 1974 to 1977 and again from 1981 to 1985, as well as Chairman of the City Commission from 1971 to 1973. Among his accomplishments as mayor were initiating the [[Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta]], preserving the [[Land grants in New Mexico|Elena Gallegos Land Grant]] for open space, and establishing the first bike trail and [[senior center]] in the city.<ref name="obituary">[https://www.abqjournal.com/news/kinney.htm Former ABQ Mayor Harry Kinney Dies] ''Albuquerque Journal,'' May 9, 2006. Retrieved August 16, 2018.</ref>

Born in [[Trinidad, Colorado]], Kinney attended [[Raton High School]] and graduated from the [[University of New Mexico]] with a degree in mechanical engineering. He served in the [[United States Navy]] and the [[United States Navy Reserve|Navy Reserve]] and owned an appliance store, before working for [[Sandia National Laboratories]] as a staff engineer on weapons development, from 1956 to 1973.<ref name="obituary"/>

Kinney entered politics when he was elected to the [[Bernalillo County, New Mexico|Bernalillo County]] Commission in 1956, and twice reelected in 1958 and 1960. He was first elected to the Albuquerque City Commission in 1966 and served as chairman from 1971 to 1973. Additionally, he served as an assistant to Senator [[Pete Domenici]] before his first term as mayor.<ref name="obituary"/>

After his retirement from public life, Kinney was a substitute teacher in the Albuquerque public schools, and drove a taxi cab for five years. He died at his Albuquerque home on May 9, 2006.<ref name="obituary"/> The Harry E. Kinney Civic Plaza in downtown Albuquerque is named in his honor.

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