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Science Hall of Fame?

Marie Maynard Daly deserves to be inducted into the Science Hall of Fame because her revolutionary research on the heart and heart attacks allowed for more understanding about how sugar, clogged arteries, and high cholesterol can affect the body. It also allowed for more knowledge on how diet can impact the body. It is truly remarkable that Daly was able to achieve so much and execute such groundbreaking research as not only an African American but an African American woman.

Interesting Facts

  • During her distinguished career, Marie Daly was a member of Sigma Xi and Phi Betta Kappa.
  • She was also a member of the New York Academy of Science and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • She married Vincent Clark in 1961.
  • She died in New York City on October 28, 2003.

Social Contributions

Career

Marie Daly encouraged students of color to get involved in science programs and to go to medical schools. In 1988, in honor of her father she started a scholarship program. The scholarship program was for minority students who wanted to study science at Queens College.

Major Contributions in Science

After completing her Ph.D, Daly went on to work with Alfred E Mirsky. Mirsky was a pioneer in molecular biology and they worked together at the Rockefeller Institute in New York after receiving a grant from the American Cancer Society. She returned to Columbia in 1955 working with Dr. Quentin B. Demming and they studied the causes of heart attacks. They were relocated to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York where they researched and revealed the relationship between high cholesterol and clogged arteries. This allowed for the understanding of how food and diet can affect the heart and circulatory system. Marie taught biochemistry courses at Einstein College until she retired in 1986.

One of the major contributions Daly made to science was her detailed research on how the human body works and how things can affect it. She studied the effects of sugar on arteries and how heart attacks can be caused by high cholesterol and clogged arteries. She also researched the effects of cigarette smoke on lungs.

Works Cited

B. (n.d.). Marie M. Daly Biography. Retrieved February 18, 2016, from http://www.biography.com/people/marie-m-daly-604034

African-American Pioneers in Science. (n.d.). Retrieved February 18, 2016, from http://www.african-american-scientists.com/bios/marie-maynard-daly.html

Black, M. (2013, June). Dr Marie Maynard Daly | 175 Faces of Chemistry. Retrieved February 18, 2016, from http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/dr-marie-maynard-daly

Marie M. Daly

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Struggles She Overcame

Childhood & Family

A struggle Marie had to overcome was her family's lack of money. This inhibited her in some ways when it came to her education but she still managed to earn all her degrees. When Marie first attended Queen's College she chose to live at home to save money. Once Daly tried to attend graduate school after attending Queens College, she realized she did not have much money for it. Before attending graduate school she worked as a lab assistant at Queens College as well as having a fellowship at New York University. Both of these opportunities allowed her to cover the costs of getting her graduate degree and Ph.D.

Marie Maynard Daly was born on April 16, 1921 in Queens, New York. Her father, Ivan C. Daly, immigrated from the West Indies as a young man. He enrolled at Cornell University to study Chemistry, but he had to drop out due to low funds. He later became a postal worker. Her mother, Helen, was a homemaker and always read books to Marie about science and chemistry, which sparked her love of books and science.

Education

Daly went to Hunter College High School (an all girls school) in New York City and continued her education at Queens College in Flushing, receiving a B.S in Chemistry. She graduated with honors in 1942. After working as a lab assistant for some time she finished her masters degree in just one year at New York University by 1944. That same year she enrolled at Columbia University and there she became the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D in Chemistry in 1947.

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