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American Chemical Society, National Historic Chemical Landmark: Marie Maynard Daly
American Chemical Society, National Historic Chemical Landmark booklet for Marie Maynard Daly, dedicated at Columbia University on May 19, 2023: Ph.D. received June 3, 1947, at Columbia, with Mary Letitia Caldwell; thesis 'A Study of the Products Formed by the Action of Pancreatic Amylase on Corn Starch'; the first Black American woman to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the U.S.; her 1942 Queens College yearbook's 'chosen career as a laboratory technician'; her 1953 study with Vincent Allfrey and Alfred Mirsky cited in James Watson's Nobel lecture; died October 28, 2003, at 82.
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- B
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- published
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The ACS landmark booklet (written by Victoria Bruce; nomination by the ACS New York Section), read in full 2026-09-23.
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- American Chemical Society
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- 2026-09-23
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