Complex sentence: In 1983, he chaired the National Committee for the National Year of the Bible, was named the 1996 recipient of the $1.1 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1983, he chaired the National Committee for the National Year of the Bible. He was named the 1996 recipient of the $1.1 million Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.