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.
Dempster, Lauramay Tinsley was born on May 11, 1905 in El Paso, Texas, United States. Daughter of Clayton Rollins and Lucy Whiting (Burgess) Tinsley.
Bachelor, University of California, Berkeley, 1925; Master of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1927.
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.
Fellow California Academy of Sciences. Member American Society Plant Taxonomists, California Botan.
Married Everett Ross Dempster, October 8, 1927. Children: Iris Dempster Green, Philip Tinsley Dempster.