Please answer the following question: 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- .