Nobel laureate · birth-card coordinate
F. Sherwood Rowland's Birth Card: The 2 of Clubs
The Collaborative Builder
A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict a Nobel Prize.
In the record
Frank Sherwood "Sherry" Rowland (June 28, 1927 – March 10, 2012) was an American Nobel laureate and a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. The birth-card coordinate for June 28 is the 2 of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1995 Chemistry prize.
Nobel Prize record
- 1995 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry — for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone
1995 — The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
“for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone”
Shared with Mario J. Molina (4♦), Paul J. Crutzen (2♦). The award was divided; this laureate's listed portion is 1/3.
190 other Chemistry laureates in this set carry a birth-card coordinate.
The 2 of Clubs coordinate
F. Sherwood Rowland's birthday maps to the 2 of Clubs (The Collaborative Builder). 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 F. Sherwood Rowland. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You think with someone else and still leave the conversation with a position of your own.
F. Sherwood Rowland in the public record
His research was on atmospheric chemistry and chemical kinetics. His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion. Born in Delaware, Ohio, Rowland received a majority of his education in public schools and, due to accelerated promotion was able to graduate high school several weeks before his 16th birthday. In the summers during his high school career, Frank was entrusted to run the local weather service station. This was Rowland's first exposure to systematic experimentation and data collection. After entering Ohio Wesleyan University, Rowland was about to graduate shortly before his 18th birthday. Instead, he was enlisted to the Navy to train radar operators. Rowland was discharged after 14 months as a non commissioned officer.
Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article F. Sherwood Rowland (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.
Where the record meets the 2 of Clubs
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 F. Sherwood Rowland, and not a forecast of a Nobel Prize.
Cards in F. Sherwood Rowland's fixed path
Birth card and karma
- 2♣ — Birth Card: The Collaborative Builder
- K♥ — Karma — Environment: The Compassionate King
- A♠ — Karma — Displacement: The Truth Pioneer
Life Spread (Mercury → Result / Cosmic Reward)
- K♣ — Life Spread — Mercury
- J♦ — Life Spread — Venus
- 4♥ — Life Spread — Mars
- 4♦ — Life Spread — Jupiter
- 2♠ — Life Spread — Saturn
- 6♣ — Life Spread — Neptune
- 6♠ — Life Spread — Pluto
- Q♥ — Life Spread — Result / Cosmic Reward
Planetary ruling card, karma and Life Spread
Birth card from the month and day. Karma cards are fixed to the birth card. The planetary ruling card comes from the sun sign's ruling planet — the signs with two rulers carry two. The Life Spread is the birth card's fixed row of nine in the Life Spread — the cards that colour each 52-day period for life. Planetary period and long-range cards move year by year and are not shown on a static page.
You think best with someone else in the room, and you still leave with a position of your own. You think best with others. Ideas solidify when you talk them through. You're the debater, the collaborator, the one who makes partnerships work through communication.
His best-known work was the discovery that chlorofluorocarbons contribute to ozone depletion.
Paired on shared wording: best, work.
Also on the record
- After entering the University of Chicago, Rowland was assigned Willard F.
- Libby as a mentor and began to study radiochemistry.
- Rowland's thesis was about the chemical state of cyclotron-produced radioactive bromine atoms.
- Rowland received his B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1948.
Other laureates with this card
- Adam G. Riess — 2011 Physics
- Albert Claude — 1974 Physiology or Medicine
- Alexis Carrel — 1912 Physiology or Medicine
- Auguste Beernaert — 1909 Peace
- Brian Kobilka — 2012 Chemistry
- Charles B. Huggins — 1966 Physiology or Medicine
- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard — 1995 Physiology or Medicine
- Edmund S. Phelps — 2006 Economic Sciences
- Elfriede Jelinek — 2004 Literature
- George Bernard Shaw — 1925 Literature
- George Wald — 1967 Physiology or Medicine
- Hannes Alfvén — 1970 Physics
- 11 more laureates share this card.
FAQ
- What is F. Sherwood Rowland's birth card?
- The 2 of Clubs. June 28 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.
- Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?
- No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast prizes, character, or fate.
- Where do F. Sherwood Rowland's dates come from?
- Birth date 1927-06-28 is the Nobel Prize API v2.1 day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Nobel dates and Nobel↔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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Sources: Nobel Prize API v2.1 (laureate 283) + Wikidata CC0 (Q111190) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (F. Sherwood Rowland). Birth date 1927-06-28 is the Nobel day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (match).