Complex sentence: Among the original students was William Benton, future U.S. senator, and later CEO of the "Encyclopædia Britannica", who proposed selecting the greatest books of the Western canon, complete and unabridged, having Hutchins and Adler edit them for publication by Encyclopædia Britannica.
Split into simpler sentences: Among the original students was William Benton, future U.S. senator and later CEO of the "Encyclopædia Britannica". He proposed selecting the greatest books of the canon, complete and unabridged, having Hutchins and Adler edit them for publishing by Encyclopædia Britannica.