10th Annual Marie M. Daly Lecture
About the event
The Marie M. Daly Memorial Celebration is sponsored by the Graduate Division of
Biomedical Sciences and the Einstein
Minority Scientist Association (EMSA)
Marie M. Daly was the first African-American woman in the United States to be awarded
a Ph.D. in Chemistry. She received
her degree from Columbia University and continued her groundbreaking research on
health and the heart at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine.
As a teacher of Biochemistry at Einstein she was dedicated to increasing the
number of minority students in medical
schools and graduate science programs.
Date and Time
Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Time: 12 noon – 1:00 pm
Location: LeFrak Auditorium, Price Center
Guest Speaker
“Making it Click: An Approach to N-Heterocycles
and Inclusive Excellence”
André Isaacs, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Colegio de la Santa Cruz
Dr. Daly Photo Gallery
From the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Archives. Photo by Ted Burrows, Photographer.
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About Dr. Marie M. Daly
Dr. Marie M. Daly was an outstanding member of the departments of biochemistry and medicine at
the
Albert Einstein
College of Medicine from 1960 to 1986. Born in New York, Dr. Daly received her B.S. degree,
magna cum
laude, in
chemistry in 1942 from Queens College. In 1943, she received her M.S. degree in chemistry from
New York
University, and
in 1947, she received her Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Columbia University. She was the first
African-American woman
in the United States to be awarded a Ph.D. degree in chemistry.
Dr. Daly was on the research and teaching staffs of Queens College, Howard University, the
Rockefeller
Institute, and
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She collaborated with Dr. Quentin Deming
at the
Goldwater
Memorial Hospital in New York, and she came to Einstein with Dr. Deming in 1958. Her research
centered
largely on four
areas. At the Rockefeller Institute she collaborated with Drs. A.E. Mirsky and V.G. Allfrey on
the
chemistry of
histones, work that was fundamental in the field. With those investigators she also did
important work
on protein
synthesis. Then, at Goldwater, and in her early years at Einstein, she did significant work on
the
biochemistry of
cholesterol and its relation to hypertension.
In her last years at Einstein, she contributed significantly to the understanding of the uptake
of
creatine by muscle
cells. (Creatine is an important compound in the bioenergetics of muscle.) Dr. Daly was engaged
in
teaching medical and
graduate students at Einstein and was especially involved in recruitment and training of
minority
students. For many
years she guided the careers of African-American students at Einstein.
Dr. Daly retired in 1986. She is remembered as a wonderful and generous person with a winning
smile and
dignified
bearing. She was highly cultured and especially devoted to playing the flute. In later years,
when
cancer interfered
with her ability to play the flute, Dr. Daly learned to play the guitar. She also was an
excellent
gardener and was
devoted to her dogs. Dr. Daly was married to Vincent Clark, who predeceased her. She is survived
by
members of the Daly
and Clark families. Dr. Daly died in October, 2003.
(In memoriam remembrance excerpt provided by Dr. Sam Seifter, department of biochemistry,
published in
Einstein Magazine
Winter 2005)
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021
12:00 mediodía
via Zoom
Guest Speaker:
W. Marcus Lambert, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Research Strategy
and Operations
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn, NY
“Promoting an Inclusive Scientific
Workforce”
Full 2022 Event Details
Dr. Daly Photo Gallery
From the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Archives. Photo by Ted Burrows,
Photographer.
Memorial Lecture Flyers
About Dr. Marie M. Daly
Dr. Marie M. Daly was an outstanding member of the departments of biochemistry and
medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine from 1960 to 1986. Born in
New York, Dr. Daly received her B.S. degree, magna cum laude, in chemistry in
1942 from Queens College. In 1943, she
received her M.S. degree in chemistry from New York University, and in 1947, she
received her Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Columbia University. She was the
first African-American woman in the United States to be awarded a Ph.D. degree
in chemistry.
Dr. Daly was on the research and teaching staffs of Queens College, Howard
University, the Rockefeller Institute, and Columbia University College of
Physicians and Surgeons. She collaborated with Dr. Quentin Deming at the
Goldwater Memorial Hospital in New York, and she came to Einstein with Dr.
Deming in 1958. Her research centered largely on four areas. At the Rockefeller
Institute she collaborated with Drs. A.E. Mirsky and V.G. Allfrey on the
chemistry of histones, work that was fundamental in the field. With those
investigators she also did important work on protein synthesis. Then, at
Goldwater, and in her early years at Einstein, she did significant work on the
biochemistry of cholesterol and its relation to hypertension.
In her last years at Einstein, she contributed significantly to the understanding of
the uptake of creatine by muscle cells. (Creatine is an important compound
in the bioenergetics of muscle.) Dr. Daly was engaged in teaching medical and
graduate students at Einstein and was especially involved in recruitment and
training of minority students. For many years she guided the careers of
African-American students at Einstein.
Dr. Daly retired in 1986. She is remembered as a wonderful and generous person with a
winning smile and dignified bearing. She was highly cultured and especially
devoted to playing the flute. In later years, when cancer interfered with her
ability to play the flute, Dr. Daly learned to play the guitar. She also was an
excellent gardener
and was devoted to her dogs. Dr. Daly was married to Vincent Clark, who
predeceased her. She is survived by members of the Daly and Clark families. Dr.
Daly died in October, 2003.
(In memoriam remembrance excerpt provided by Dr. Sam Seifter, department of
biochemistry, published in Einstein Magazine Winter 2005)
Past Annual Celebrations
7th Annual Memorial Lecture
6th Annual Memorial Lecture
5th Annual Memorial Lecture
4th Annual Memorial Lecture
3rd Annual Memorial Lecture
2nd Annual Memorial Lecture