Marie Maynard Daly
Queens College Silhouette Yearbook, 1942. Courtesy Queens College.
Marie M. Daly was born on April 16, 1921, in Queens, New York. She was raised in an education-oriented family, and Daly quickly received her B.S. and M.S. in chemistry at Queens College and New York University. After completing her Ph.D. at Columbia—and becoming the first African-American woman to obtain a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States—Daly taught and conducted research. She died in New York City on October 28, 2003. (Biography.com)
Daly’s first job was as an instructor in physical science at Howard University from 1947 to 1948. She also worked on research projects with Dr. Herman R. Branson, a physicist and chemist who studied protein structure. Daly then went to the Rockefeller Institute of Medicine, now Rockefeller University, in New York City, where she was the only black scientist. She told CBB that this was the highlight of her career because of the interesting work she was doing at that time and because of the distinguished faculty with whom she worked.
These notable scholars included Francis Peyton Rous, who won the Nobel Prize in 1966 for his discovery of a virus that caused sarcoma in chickens, and Leonor Michaelis, the co–inventor of a famous equation for studying the kinetics of enzymatic reactions. Daly worked at the Rockefeller Institute for seven years.
She received a grant from the American Cancer Society and worked as a research assistant for Dr. Alfred Ezra Mirsky, a well–known biochemist and physiologist who is credited for being one of the first scientists to isolate messenger RNA in mammals. Mirsky and Daly studied how proteins are constructed within cells of the body. For example, Daly altered the protein metabolism in mice to study variations in the activity of cytoplasm, which plays an important part in the creation of proteins.(encyclopedia.com)
These notable scholars included Francis Peyton Rous, who won the Nobel Prize in 1966 for his discovery of a virus that caused sarcoma in chickens, and Leonor Michaelis, the co–inventor of a famous equation for studying the kinetics of enzymatic reactions. Daly worked at the Rockefeller Institute for seven years.
She received a grant from the American Cancer Society and worked as a research assistant for Dr. Alfred Ezra Mirsky, a well–known biochemist and physiologist who is credited for being one of the first scientists to isolate messenger RNA in mammals. Mirsky and Daly studied how proteins are constructed within cells of the body. For example, Daly altered the protein metabolism in mice to study variations in the activity of cytoplasm, which plays an important part in the creation of proteins.(encyclopedia.com)
Work Cited:
Marie M. Daly. (2015). The Biography.com website. Retrieved 01:42, Feb 02, 2015, from http://www.biography.com/people/marie-m-daly-604034.
Stamatel, Janet. "Daly, Marie Maynard 1921–." Contemporary Black Biography. 2003. Retrieved February 02, 2015 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2873900020.html
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