Complex sentence: Sapelo owner RJ Reynolds, Jr. founded the Sapelo Island Research Foundation in 1949, and Reynolds later funded the research of Eugene Odum, whose 1958 paper "The Ecology of a Salt Marsh" won wide acclaim in scientific circles.
Split into simpler sentences: Sapelo owner RJ Reynolds, Jr. founded the Sapelo Island Research Foundation in 1949. He later funded the research of Eugene Odum, whose 1958 paper "The Ecology of a Salt Marsh" won wide acclaim in scientific circles.