Original sentence: Born in A Coruña on 6 July 1933, Meilan attended the catholic school run by the Salesians of Don Bosco in his city, from which he graduated in 1951.He then studied law at the universities of Santiago de Compostela, Zaragoza and Oviedo.Meilan is also  named among the five "pioneers" that founded the Spanish University Rectors' Conference in 1994, being also the second to head its Spanish University Committee for International Relations.Meilan was appointed rector of Universidade da Coruña on 1 august 1990, and was reelected several times until retiring at the mandatory retirement age of 70 in 2003
Edited sentence: Born in A Coruña on 6 July 1933, Meilan attended the catholic school run by the Salesians of Don Bosco in his city, which he graduated with brilliant marks in 1951.He then studied law at the universities of Santiago de Compostela, Zaragoza and Oviedo, graduating from the latter with extraordinary prize.Meilan is also expressly named among the five "pioneers" that founded the Spanish University Rectors' Conference in 1994, being also the second to head its Spanish University Committee for International Relations.Meilan was appointed rector of Universidade da Coruña on 1 august 1990, and was reelected several times until his retirement by legal imperative at the age of 70 in 2003