Complex sentence: He attended elementary and high school in Mendford, Wisconsin then graduated from Ripon College (Wisconsin) in 1967 with an A.B. in Economics and earned a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1971.
Split into simpler sentences: He attended elementary and high school in Mendford, Wisconsin and graduated from Ripon College (Wisconsin) in 1967 with an A.B. in Economics. Amacher earned a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1971.