Complex sentence: In 1932 Boisen became chaplain at Elgin State Hospital near Chicagoto be closer to Chicago Theological Seminary and to Alice Batchelder, a love interest who worked in Chicago.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1932 Boisen became chaplain at Elgin State Hospital near Chicago. This brought him close to Chicago Theological Seminary and to Alice Batchelder, a love interest who worked in Chicago.