Complex sentence: From 1885 to 1888, he was president of the Florida State Agricultural College in Lake City, Florida, and in 1889 was appointed as the first president of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, which later developed into the North Carolina State University.
Split into simpler sentences: From 1885 to 1888, he was president of the Florida State Agricultural College in Lake City, Florida. In 1889, Holladay was appointed as the first president of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, which later developed into the North Carolina State University.