Complex sentence: John Edward Corbally Jr. (October 14,1924--July 23,2004) was chancellor of Syracuse University from 1969 to 1971 and president of the University of Illinois system from 1971 to 1979.
Split into simpler sentences: John Edward Corbally Jr. (October 14,1924--July 23,2004) was an American academic administrator and university president. Corbally led Syracuse University from 1969 to 1971 before becoming president of the University of Illinois system from 1971 to 1979.