Complex sentence: McNair grew up in Forest City, a town of about 7,500 in the foothills of western North Carolina, and graduated from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where he was initiated into the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Split into simpler sentences: McNair grew up in Forest City, a town of about 7,500 in the foothills of western North Carolina. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, where he was initiated into the Sigma Chi Fraternity.