Complex sentence: As a state senator, Sydnor sponsored the bill creating the State Council on Higher Education in 1959, and became the first chairman of the State Technical Education Board, as well as the first chairman of the State Board for Community Colleges (in 1966).
Split into simpler sentences: As a state senator, Sydnor sponsored the bill creating the State Council on Higher Education in 1959. He became the first chairman of the State Technical Education Board, as well as the first chairman of the State Board for Community Colleges (in 1966).