Dr Marie Daly

Marie Maynard Daly (1921–2003) was awarded her doctoral degree in 1947, only three years after enrolling in the program at Columbia University and was the first African-American woman to obtain a PhD in chemistry in the United States.

The early research of Dr. Daly included studies of the effects of cholesterol on the mechanics of the heart, the effects of sugars and other nutrients on the health of arteries, and the breakdown of the circulatory system as a result of advanced age or hypertension. Later she studied how proteins are produced and organized in the cell.