Elias James Corey's Birth Card: The 3 of Diamonds

In the record

Elias James Corey (born July 12, 1928) is an American organic chemist. The birth-card coordinate for July 12 is the 3 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1990 Chemistry prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1990 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis

The 3 of Diamonds coordinate

Elias James Corey's birthday maps to the 3 of Diamonds (The Success Communicator). 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 Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Elias James Corey. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You keep more than one path alive without letting any of them stay imaginary.

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Elias James Corey in the public record

In 1990, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis. E.J. Corey (the surname was anglicized from Levantine Arabic Khoury, meaning priest) was born to Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christian immigrants Fatima (née Hasham) and Elias Corey in Methuen, Massachusetts, 50 km (31 mi) north of Boston. His mother changed his name from William to "Elias" to honor his father, who died eighteen months after Corey's birth. His widowed mother, brother, two sisters, aunt and uncle all lived together in a spacious house, struggling through the Great Depression. As a young boy, Corey was independent and enjoyed sports such as baseball, football, and hiking. He attended a Catholic elementary school and Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts. At the age of 16 Corey entered MIT, where he earned both a bachelor's degree in 1948 and a Ph.D. under Professor John C.

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After his graduate career he was offered an appointment at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, where he became a full professor of chemistry in 1956 at the age of 27.

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Also on the record

1. Sheehan in 1951.
2. Upon entering MIT, Corey's only experience with science was in mathematics, and he began his college career pursuing a degree in engineering.
3. After his first chemistry class in his sophomore year he began rethinking his long-term career plans and graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry.
4. Immediately thereafter, at the invitation of Professor John C.

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What is Elias James Corey's birth card?

The 3 of Diamonds. July 12 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

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