Complex sentence: Harvey Pitt was appointed 26th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2001 and served until 2003, inheriting the debacles of the go go-nineties from former chairman Arthur Leavitt including the bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom.
Split into simpler sentences: Harvey Pitt was appointed 26th chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2001. He served until 2003, inheriting the debacles of the go go-nineties from former chairman Arthur Leavitt including the bankruptcies of Enron and WorldCom.