“Courage is like — it’s a habitus, a habit, a virtue: you get it by courageous acts. It’s like you learn to swim by swimming. You learn courage by couraging.” – Dr. Marie Daly
Point 1
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 in 1947.
Point 2
Best known for being the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States.
Point 3
Daly examined how proteins are constructed in the body while working at the Rockefeller Institute of Medicine. Afterwards, she returned to Columbia, working closely with Dr. Quentin B. Deming on the causes of heart attacks. Their groundbreaking work, which was later relocated to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University in New York, disclosed the relationship between high cholesterol and clogged arteries. That work opened up a new understanding of how foods and diet can affect the health of the heart and the circulatory system.
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Retired from Albert Einstein College in 1986. Her many honors included induction into Phi Beta Kappa as well as being tapped as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Point 5
Married Vincent Clark in 1961 and died in New York City on October 28, 2003.
Works cited
Marie M. Daly – Chemist, Scientist, Scientist – Biography
Marie Maynard Daly – Wikipedia