Complex sentence: Elbert K. Fretwell Jr. PhD is an American academic and served as the second chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, from 1979 to 1989.
Split into simpler sentences: Elbert K. Fretwell Jr. PhD is an American academic and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Fretwell served as the second chancellor from 1979 to 1989.