Complex sentence: Jacobs started in 1947 at the KSTC as the Supervisor of Secondary Education and on January 16,1953, Jacobs became the interim president of KSTC after David L. MacFarlane, the incumbent president, died of heart problems.
Split into simpler sentences: Jacobs started in 1947 at the Kansas State Teachers College as the Supervisor of Secondary Education. On January 16,1953, Jacobs became acting president of KSTC after the incumbent president David L. MacFarlane died of heart problems.