Complex sentence: The first African-American student to be admitted to Clemson University after attending Iowa State University, Gantt graduated with honors in architecture, earned a master's at MIT, and established a practice in Charlotte with a partner.
Split into simpler sentences: The first African-American student to be admitted to Clemson University after attending Iowa State University. He graduated from Clemson with honors in architecture, earned a master's at MIT, and established a practice in Charlotte with a partner.