Background
Blos, May Elizabeth was born on May 1, 1906 in Sebastopol, California, United States. Daughter of Nahmen and Louisa (Formschlag) Nissen.
Blos, May Elizabeth was born on May 1, 1906 in Sebastopol, California, United States. Daughter of Nahmen and Louisa (Formschlag) Nissen.
AB cum laude, University California-Berkeley, 1926. Postgraduate, University California-Berkeley, 1927.
Science illustrator department botany University California-Berkeley, 1941—1963, seismology department, 1963—1965, Botanical Garden, 1963—1966, paleontology department, 1963—1978. Advisor American Indian Artists, 1975—1978. Private research Drawings of Ceremonies California Indians, since 1980.
Artist/cartographer The Genus Nicotiana, 1954. Artist various journals. Artist Cactus and Succulent Journal, 1960—1978, Field Museum Publications, 1960—1978.
Artist muralist various paleontology subjects, 1975—1978. Participant, juror Science Illustrators Exhibit Oakland Museum, East Bay, 1980.
Organizer, helper Oakland Museum Association, since 1950. Correspondent secretary Save the Hills Association, Oakland, since 1975. Member Council for Urban Wilderness, since 1980, Save the Bay, since 1978.
Board directors, helper InterTribal Friendship House, Oakland, since 1960. Member of Guild Natural Science Illustrators, Nature Conservancy, California Native Plant Society, Delta Epsilon, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Peter Blos, December 10, 1930.