Complex sentence: The precursor of the SQA was created in 1965 as a committee of the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA) authorized as the "Study Group for the Application of Computers to Investment Research" but was referred to as the Computer Applications Committee.
Split into simpler sentences: The precursor of the SQA was created in 1965 as a committee of the New York Society of Security Analysts (NYSSA). It was formally authorized as the "Study Group for the Application of Computers to Investment Research" but was referred to as the Computer Applications Committee.