Political People and their Moves

Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst was awarded the French Legion of Honor, Chevalier Rank, at a ceremony on Utah Beach commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day landing in Normandy. Dewhurst's father, a WW II bomber pilot, led the last D-Day bombing on Utah beach.

Carol L. McDonald will step down as the president of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas on Sept. 30. A former staffer for Lt. Bill Hobby, McDonald led the ICUT for 32 years. Ray Martinez, currently the chancellor of the online Western Governors University Texas, has been named to succeed McDonald.

Veronica "Ronnye" Vargas Stidvent has been named the new chancellor of WGU Texas, succeeding Ray Martinez, who is leaving to head the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas.

Jo Cassandra Cuevas is stepping down today as executive director of the House Democratic Caucus to take a position on the public affairs team at AT&T.

Don Baylor is leaving the Center for Public Policy Priorties at the end of July to take a position with the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C., in the fall. Baylor joined CPPP in 2004 and founded the think tank's economic opportunity team. In addition, he serves as a Consumer Advisory Board member at the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Deaths: Jack R. Woolf, who was president of the University of Texas at Arlington from 1959-68 and oversaw its move from the Texas A&M System to the UT System. He was 90.

Disclosure: AT&T, Texas A&M University and the University of Texas are corporate sponsors of The Texas Tribune. Veronica Stidvent is a donor to the Tribune and a Tribune board member. A complete list of Texas Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed here.