Complex sentence: Linus Pauling, Class of 1922, became Oregon State's first alumni Nobel Laureate in 1954 when he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work studying atomic bonds; six years later he receives the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing.
Split into simpler sentences: Linus Pauling, Class of 1922, became Oregon State's first Nobel Laureate alumnus in 1954 when he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work elucidating the nature of the atomic bonds. In 1960, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his campaign against nuclear weapons testing.