Marie Maynard Daly

Born: 1921

Died: 2003

Country of Birth: USA

Nationality: USA

Ethnicity: Black

Queens College, 1942 BS Chemistry; New York University, MS Chemistry 1943; Columbia University, PhD Chemistry 1947

Field of Study: Biochemistry

Institution/Corporation: Howard University; Rockefeller Institute; Columbia University s College of Physicians and Surgeons; Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Degrees & Memberships: Member:Board of Governors NY Academy of Sciences; Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (1966); American Cancer Society; American Chemical Society; American Society of Biological Chemists; American Heart Association; Harvey Society; NAACP; National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women; Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi

Awards: 1942, Queens College Scholar; 1999, 1 of top 50 Women in Science, Engineering & Technology, National Technical Association; 2023, American Chemical Society Plaque at Columbia University

Achievements: first African-American woman in US to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry; 1st African American awarded a PhD from Columbia University; conducted studies on cholesterol, sugar & proteins;developed methods for the fractionation of nuclear material & the determination of its composition; studied and identified new histones; 1st to establish that hypertension was a precursor to atherosclerosis; 1st to identify a relationship between cholesterol & clogged arteries; studied the uptake of creatine by muscle cells