William B. Lenoir's Birth Card: The 9 of Diamonds

In the record

William Benjamin Lenoir (March 14, 1939 – August 26, 2010) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut. The birth-card coordinate for March 14 is the 9 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of a flight assignment.

The 9 of Diamonds coordinate

William B. Lenoir's birthday maps to the 9 of Diamonds (The Universal Provider). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a mission and not a verdict on William B. Lenoir. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You give in a way you can sustain, and you let someone give back.

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William B. Lenoir in the public record

William Benjamin Lenoir was born on March 14, 1939, in Miami, Florida, as a son of Samuel Staples Lenoir (1910–1989) and Iona Catherine Lenoir (née Yann; 1915–1977). He attended Coral Gables Elementary School, Ponce de Leon Junior High School, and graduated from Coral Gables Senior High School in 1957. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1961, where he was an active member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE). Lenoir continued at MIT, earning a Master of Science degree in 1962, and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in EECS in 1965. While working for his doctoral degree, Lenoir received an award for excelling at teaching undergraduate courses. From 1964 to 1965, Lenoir was an instructor at MIT; and in 1965, he was named associate professor of electrical engineering. His work at MIT included teaching electromagnetic theory and systems theory, as well as performing research in remote sensing. He was an investigator in several satellite experiments and continued research in this area while fulfilling his astronaut assignments.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article William B. Lenoir (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 2 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about William B. Lenoir, and not a forecast of a spaceflight.

Ability to hold multiple perspectives simultaneously

William Benjamin Lenoir (March 14, 1939 – August 26, 2010) was an American electrical engineer and NASA astronaut.

Paired on work, health and mastery — the domain ♠ governs in this system. Markers in the record: engineer.

Also on the record

1. Lenoir was working on Apollo Applications experiments at MIT when he saw an advertisement in a science magazine recruiting NASA astronauts.
2. He sent in an application and was selected as a scientist-astronaut by NASA in August 1967.
3. He completed the initial academic training and a 53-week course in flight training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.
4. He received his wings with distinguished graduate honors in April 1969.

Other astronauts with this card

• Andrew M . Allen — NASA Group 12 · Former · 3 flights
• Bruce McCandless II — NASA Group 5 · Deceased · 2 flights
• Charles D. Gemar — NASA Group 11 · Former · 3 flights
• Lisa M. Nowak — NASA Group 16 · Former · 1 flight
• Michael J. McCulley — NASA Group 10 · Former · 1 flight
• Stanley G. Love — NASA Group 17 · Active · 1 flight

FAQ

What is William B. Lenoir's birth card?

The 9 of Diamonds. March 14 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a spaceflight?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast missions, character, or fate.

Where do William B. Lenoir's dates come from?

Birth date 1939-03-14 is the day-precision date on William B. Lenoir's NASA astronaut biography (NASA Group 6 · Deceased · 1 flight), verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only NASA dates and NASA↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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