Complex sentence: Bennett Harvie Branscomb (December 25,1894--July 23,1998) served as the fourth chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 1946 to 1963.
Split into simpler sentences: Bennett Harvie Branscomb (December 25,1894--July 23,1998) was an American academic administrator. He served as the fourth chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 1946 to 1963.