Complex sentence: Soon after, Galloway became the first chairman of American studies at the newly established Ruhr University Bochum, meanwhile publishing his first novel, "Melody Jones", to wide critical acclaim.
Split into simpler sentences: Soon after, Galloway became the first chairman of American studies at the newly established Ruhr University Bochum. The following year, Galloway published his first novel, "Melody Jones", to wide critical acclaim.