Complex sentence: Sorkin grew up in Manhasset, NY and graduated from Manhasset High School in 1961 where he was president of his senior class, starting center on the football team and the star shot-put of the track and field team.
Split into simpler sentences: Sorkin grew up in Manhasset, NY and graduated from Manhasset High School in 1961. He was president of his senior class, starting center on the football team and the star shot-put of the track and field team.