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Transcript: Marie M. Daly received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, with honors, from Queens College in 1942 and her Masters of Science in Chemistry, completing her studies in just a year, from New York University in 1943. In 1944, she enrolled into Columbia University’s doctorate program, completing it and receiving her PhD in chemistry in 1947, becoming the first African American in the country to receive a PhD in chemistry. After graduating, Dr. Daly started to research the connection between high cholesterol and clogged arteries in a lab at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The goal? To understand the causes of heart attacks. The findings made in her lab helped the medical community understand how foods and diet can affect the health of the heart and the circulatory system. In addition to her work, Dr. Daly taught biochemistry courses and was also an activist, spearheading efforts to get students of color into STEM graduate programs and medical schools. She even set up a scholarship in her father’s name in 1988, for students who want to study science at Queens College.
