Original sentence: Heard received 27 honorary degrees
Edited sentence: , in which he predicted the transformation of the southern United States from one-party Democratic allegiance to two-party Democratic-Republican rivalry.Along with his wife Jean, Alexander Heard is the eponym of Vanderbilt's Jean and Alexander Heard Library, and the University, annually since 1952, has given a faculty member who has demonstrated exceptional understanding of contemporary society the Alexander Heard Distinguished Service Professor Award.Among his scholarly contributions, Heard in 1952 published A Two-Party South.At the time the Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in much of the South.In addition to his bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and master's degree and Ph.from Columbia University, all in political science, Heard received 27 honorary degrees