Complex sentence: Vertner Woodson Tandy (May 17,1885--November 7,1949) was an American architect and was one of the (commonly referred to as "The Seven Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Cornell University in 1906.
Split into simpler sentences: Vertner Woodson Tandy (May 17,1885--November 7,1949) was an American architect. He was one of the (commonly referred to as "The Seven Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Cornell University in 1906.