Complex sentence: L. E. "Skip" Scriven (born 1931-2007) was an American chemical engineer formerly a Regents Professor at University of Minnesota and an Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Engineering (1988) and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991).
Split into simpler sentences: L. E. "Skip" Scriven (born 1931-2007) was an American chemical engineer formerly a Regents Professor at University of Minnesota. Elected to the National Academy of Engineering (1988) and American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991).