Complex sentence: While at Cornell, Duryea was elected into the prestigious Sphinx Head Society, Cornell's oldest senior honor society, majored in English with a strong interest in drama, and in his senior year succeeded Franchot Tone as president of the college drama society.
Split into simpler sentences: While at Cornell, Duryea was elected into the prestigious Sphinx Head Society, Cornell's oldest senior honor society. He majored in English with a strong interest in drama, and in his senior year succeeded Franchot Tone as president of the college drama society.