Complex sentence: He turned down an offer to pitch for the Chicago White Sox to pursue his doctoral studies at the University Of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign where Speed Marvel and Roger Adams were his mentors.Doc Pearson became enamoured with research, teaching and "hands on" bench chemistry.
Split into simpler sentences: He turned down an offer to pitch for the Chicago White Sox to pursue his doctoral studies at the University Of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign where Speed Marvel and Roger Adams were his mentors. Pearson fell in love with research, teaching and "hands on" bench chemistry.