Original sentence: While he was not the founding president, Murphree built upon the solid academic standards, faculty choices and planning of his predecessor, Andrew Sledd, and greatly expanded them; he imposed the university's modern organizational structure and was responsible for the beginnings of many of its traditions
Edited sentence: While he was not the founding president, Murphree built upon the solid academic standards, faculty choices and planning of his predecessor, Andrew Sledd, and greatly expanded and improved upon them; he imposed the university's modern organizational structure and was responsible for the beginnings of many of its traditions