Complex sentence: Larry Maccherone received his Baccalaureate Degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1989, and began his PhD in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004.
Split into simpler sentences: Larry Maccherone received his Baccalaureate Degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1989. He began a PhD in Software Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 2004.