Original sentence: Born in Virginia City, Montana, Thompson was a rare combination of hardheaded realist and dreamer.He hoped that this "seed" money would enable the institute to acquire the very best scientists, equipment, and supplies and then to develop relationships with industry and the government to help finance research.He visited Russia in 1917, just after the overthrow of the monarchy, when Russian Rveolution was raging and starvation was rampant.He was  a director of the Federal Reserve bank of New York from 1914 to 1919 and was twice (1916, 1920) a delegate to the Republican national convention
Edited sentence: He hoped that this “seed” money would enable the institute to acquire the very best scientists, equipment, and supplies and then to develop relationships with industry and the government to help finance research.He visited Russia in 1917, just after the overthrow of the monarchy, when civil war was raging and starvation was rampant.Thompson was a rare combination of hardheaded realist and dreamer