Background

Dempster, Lauramay Tinsley was born on May 11, 1905 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Daughter of Clayton Rollins and Lucy Whiting (Burgess) Tinsley.

Education

Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1925; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1927.

Career

Teacher, Cora Williams Junior College, Berkeley, 1928-1929; research assistant, University of California, Berkeley, 1933-1935; herbarium botanist, research geneticist, University of California, Berkeley, 1951-1967; research associate, University of California, Berkeley, 1967-1997.

Achievements

• Lauramay Tinsley Dempster has been listed as a noteworthy botanist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow California Academy of Sciences. Member American Society Plant Taxonomists, California Botan.

Interests

• Avocations: collecting biological pictures, traveling.

Connections

Married Everett Ross Dempster, October 8, 1927. Children: Iris Dempster Green, Philip Tinsley Dempster.

Father:

Clayton Rollins Tinsley

Mother:

Lucy Whiting (Burgess) Tinsley

Spouse:

Everett Ross Dempster

child:

Philip Tinsley Dempster

child:

Iris Dempster Green Dempster