Complex sentence: He was elected president of the United States Sixth District Judges Association in 1972; and the following year, he received an honorary doctor of law degree from St. Francis College, in Loretto, Pennsylvania.
Split into simpler sentences: He was elected president of the United States Sixth District Judges Association in 1972. The following year, he received an honorary doctor of law degree from St. Francis College, in Loretto, Pennsylvania.