Complex sentence: Ezra Stiles College is named for the Rev. Ezra Stiles, a president of Yale; it is generally called "Stiles," despite an early-1990s crusade by then-master Traugott Lawler to preserve the use of the full name in everyday speech.
Split into simpler sentences: Ezra Stiles College is named for the Rev. Ezra Stiles, a president of Yale. Generally called "Stiles," despite an early-1990s crusade by then-master Traugott Lawler to preserve the use of the full name in everyday speech.