Complex sentence: He received an A.B. (1950) in English Literature from Harvard University and soon after was drafted into the U. S. Army from which he gained an abiding interest in map projections and perspective.
Split into simpler sentences: He received an A.B. (1950) in English Literature from Harvard University. In 1950 he was drafted into the U. S. Army from which he gained an abiding interest in map projections and perspective.