Complex sentence: In 1952, he was appointed to be Director of the Committee for Research in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, supported by a Ford Foundation grant, but in 1955 was turned down for academic tenure at Stanford.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1952, he was appointed to be Director of the Committee for Research in the Social Sciences at Stanford University, supported by a Ford Foundation grant. In 1955, he was turned down for academic tenure at Stanford.