Complex sentence: James Andrew McCauley (1822-1896) was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served as President of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania from 1872 to 1888.
Split into simpler sentences: James Andrew McCauley (1822-1896) was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and an educator. Dr. McCauley served as President of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania from 1872 to 1888.