An outstanding public works administrator with a stellar military career

School of Architecture

James DeLapp '03, the executive director of public works in Mobile, Ala., who leads 650 staff members in seven departments of the gulf coast city with a population of nearly 200,000 residents, is a member of the 2022 class of Texas A&M School of Architecture Outstanding Alumni. Prior to his position in Mobile, DeLapp served as commander in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Mobile District, where he led a $3 billion mission in Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Maria and a study to widen and…