McAllen Mayor Darling receives well-deserved recognition

After a career of serving the municipal public, as both a public employee and an elected official, McAllen Mayor Jim Darling has received a highly-prestigious and well-deserved recognition. The International Municipal Lawyers Association has awarded Mayor Darling with the Charles S. Rhyne Lifetime Achievement in Municipal Law Award for “lifetime achievements in the field of municipal law…,” highlighting the McAllen mayor’s impressive resume of serving his fellow citizens.

Mayor Darling began his municipal career as the McAllen City Attorney for 28 years, after first serving his country in the Vietnam War, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross, as a U.S. Air Force Sergeant and later in the U.S. Navy Reserves. He earned his B.A. and J.D. from Baylor University and has served pro bono as general counsel to McAllen Affordable Homes, while also serving on the Board of Directors for the Hidalgo County Bar Association, from whom he received the John E. Cook Award in recognition of providing vast pro bono hours. He received the Henry B. Gonzales Award from the National Housing Council, the Hope Award for his gracious contributions to Catholic Charities; the Medallion Award from the National Boys & Girls Club, after having served as the board the local organization for nearly two decades and as its president for two terms. Other accolades Mayor Darling has earned include Man of the Year by the McAllen Chamber of Commerce and his work as president of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Council of Governments, among countless other community organizations.

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