Complex sentence: Born in Rogers, Texas, McElroy attended Stanford University on a football scholarship where he was influenced by his science professors, including microbiologist Cornelius Van Niel and geneticist George Beadle.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Rogers, Texas, McElroy originally went to Stanford University on a football scholarship. There he was influenced by his science professors, including the microbiologist Cornelius Van Niel and the geneticist George Beadle.