Delta County Man Named to Regional Post

AUSTIN — Governor Rick Perry has named Delbert Horton III of Cooper presiding officer of the Sulphur River Regional Mobility Authority for a term to expire February 1, 2013. Regional mobility authorities accelerate the development and financing of critical transportation projects throughout the state.

Horton is a registered professional engineer and an assistant engineering professor at Texas A&M University at Commerce. He is a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers and American Society for Engineering Education, and a life senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is the investment officer and a board member of the Sulphur River Municipal Water District, and past president of the Sulphur River Regional Development Association.

Horton received a bachelor�s degree from Texas Tech University, a master�s degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University, and a doctorate degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. He is also a graduate of the Southwest Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University.

This appointment is subject to senate confirmation.