Facts: - death place: new york city - residence: new york - other names: marie maynard daly clark - thesis url: http://catalog.hathitrust.org/record/006098210 - fields: biochemistry - thesis year: 1947 - death date: 28 october 2003 - workplaces: howard physicians and surgeons albert einstein college of medicine university rockefeller institute columbia university 's college of - doctoral advisor: mary letitia caldwell - spouse: vincent clark - birth date: 16 april 1921 - thesis title: a of pancreatic amylase on corn starch study of the products formed by the action - name: marie maynard daly - citizenship: united states - image: marie maynard daly.jpg - birth place: corona , queens - alma mater: queens college new york university columbia university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of marie maynard daly .
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marie maynard daly -lrb- april 16 , 1921 -- october 28 , 2003 -rrb- was an american biochemist .she was the first african american woman in the united states to earn a ph.d. in chemistry -lrb- awarded by columbia university in 1947 -rrb- .