Complex sentence: Wolpe was given the Royal Designers for Industry (RDI) award by the Royal Society of Arts in 1959 and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1983.
Split into simpler sentences: Wolpe was given the Royal Designers for Industry (RDI) award by the Royal Society of Arts in 1959. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1983.