Complex sentence: William Lester Eagleton, Jr. (born August 17,1926, Peoria, Illinois) served as United States Ambassador to Yemen 1967, Tunisia 1977, Libya 1978-1979, Algeria 1979, Iraq 1980-1984 and Syria 1985-1988.
Split into simpler sentences: William Lester Eagleton, Jr. (born August 17,1926, Peoria, Illinois) is a former a United States Foreign Service Officer and diplomat. Eagleton served as United States Ambassador to Yemen 1967, Tunisia 1977, Libya 1978-1979, Algeria 1979, Iraq 1980-1984 and Syria 1985-1988.