Complex sentence: Bourdain graduated from Englewood School for Boys in 1973 and attended Vassar College before dropping out after two years; he graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1978.
Split into simpler sentences: Bourdain graduated from Englewood School for Boys in 1973 and attended Vassar College before dropping out after two years. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1978.