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{{short description|American businesswoman}}
{{Short description|American businesswoman (1866–1952)}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Marian Otis Chandler
| name = Marian Otis Chandler
| image = Harry and Marian Chandler headstone.jpg
| image = Harry and Marian Chandler headstone.jpg
| caption = Grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
| caption = Chandler's grave at [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] on [[Santa Monica Boulevard]] in [[Los Angeles]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|7|1}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1866|7|1}}
| birth_name = Marian Otis
| birth_place = [[Marietta, Ohio]]
| birth_place = [[Marietta, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|8|9|1866|7|1}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|8|9|1866|7|1}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]]
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| parents = [[Harrison Gray Otis (publisher)|Harrison Gray Otis]]<br>[[Eliza Ann Wetherby]]
| parents = [[Harrison Gray Otis (publisher)|Harrison Gray Otis]]<br/>[[Eliza Ann Wetherby]]
| relatives = Mabel Otis Chandler (sister)<br>Lilian Otis Chandler (sister)<br>Esther Otis Chandler (sister)<br>[[Dorothy Buffum Chandler]] (daughter-in-law)<br>[[Otis Chandler]] (grandson)<br>Marilyn "Missy" Brant Chandler (first granddaughter-in-law) Bettina Whitaker Chandler (second granddaughter-in-law)<br>[[Mike Chandler]] (great-grandson)<br>Harry Blant Chandler (great-grandson)
| relatives = [[Dorothy Buffum Chandler]] (daughter-in-law)<br/>[[Otis Chandler]] (grandson)<br/>[[Mike Chandler]] (great-grandson)
| spouse = [[Harry Chandler]] (m. 1894-1944, his death)
| spouse = [[Harry Chandler]] (m. 1894-1944, his death)
| children = Francesca (stepchild)<br> Alice May (stepchild)<br>Constance Chandler<br>Ruth Chandler<br>[[Norman Chandler]]<br>Harrison Chandler<br>Helen Chandler<br>Philip Chandler
| children = 6, including [[Norman Chandler]], and 2 stepchildren
}}
}}
'''Marian Otis Chandler''' (July 1, 1866 – August 9, 1952) was the secretary and a director of the Times-Mirror Company, which published the ''[[Los Angeles Times]].''
'''Marian Otis Chandler''' (July 1, 1866 – August 9, 1952) was the secretary and a director of the Times-Mirror Company, which published the ''[[Los Angeles Times]].''


==Biography==
==Biography==
She was born as '''Emma Marian Otis''' July 1, 1866, in [[Marietta, Ohio]],<ref name=LAT19520811>[https://search.proquest.com/docview/166343506 "Private Funeral Set Today for Mrs. Harry Chandler," ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 11, 1952, page A-1] ''A library card is required to access this link.''</ref> to [[Harrison Gray Otis (publisher)]] and [[Eliza Ann Wetherby]]. Marian had three sisters, Mabel, Lilian, and Esther (who died in infancy),{<ref name="The Otis Family in America">The Otis Family in America</ref>} and a brother, Harrison Gray (who died in infancy).{<ref name="The Otis Family in America"/>}
She was born as '''Emma Marian Otis''' July 1, 1866, in [[Marietta, Ohio]],<ref name=LAT19520811>[https://search.proquest.com/docview/166343506 "Private Funeral Set Today for Mrs. Harry Chandler," ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 11, 1952, page A-1] ''A library card is required to access this link.''</ref> to [[Harrison Gray Otis (publisher)]] and [[Eliza Ann Wetherby]]. Marian had three sisters, Mabel, Lilian, and Esther (who died in infancy),{<ref name="The Otis Family in America">The Otis Family in America</ref>} and a brother, Harrison Gray (who died in infancy).{<ref name="The Otis Family in America"/>}


In 1894, Marian married [[Harry Chandler]], who later became publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times.'' Marian and Harry raised eight children together, Francesca (born April 7, 1890) and Alice May (July 24, 1892), from Harry's first marriage, and six of their own: Constance (born March 19, 1896), Ruth (October 15, 1897), Norman (September 14, 1899), Harrison Gray Otis (February 12, 1904) and the twins, Helen and Philip (born February 17, 1907).<ref>Gwendolyn Garland Babcock, ''The Ancestry of Harry Chandler'', http://www.babcockancestry.com/books/chandler/003harrychandler.shtml</ref> [[Norman Chandler]] (1899&ndash;1973), became publisher of the ''Times'' after his father's death.
In 1894, Marian married [[Harry Chandler]], who later became publisher of the ''Los Angeles Times.'' Marian and Harry raised eight children together, two from Harry's first marriage, and six of their own.<ref>Gwendolyn Garland Babcock, ''The Ancestry of Harry Chandler'', http://www.babcockancestry.com/books/chandler/003harrychandler.shtml</ref> [[Norman Chandler]] (1899&ndash;1973), became publisher of the ''Times'' after his father's death.


After the death of her husband in 1944, Mrs. Chandler resigned as secretary; a month later she was elected chairman of the Times-Mirror board. She also was vice president of the Chandis Securities Company and vice-president of the Southwest Land Company and the Southwest Company. She was known for her numerous philanthropies.<ref name=LAT19520811/>
After the death of her husband in 1944, Mrs. Chandler resigned as secretary; a month later she was elected chairman of the Times-Mirror board. She also was vice president of the Chandis Securities Company and vice-president of the Southwest Land Company and the Southwest Company. She was known for her numerous philanthropies.<ref name=LAT19520811/>


She died on August 9, 1952 at her home in the Los Feliz foothills, [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Harry Chandler, Widow of Publisher, Dies. Daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, Born in Ohio, Spent Lifetime in California |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/448747592.html?dids=448747592:448747592&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+10,+1952&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Mrs.+Harry+Chandler,+Widow+of+Publisher,+Dies&pqatl=google |quote= Mrs. Harry Chandler, 86, widow of Harry Chandler, died yesterday at her home, at 2330 N. Hillhurst Ave. following a long illness. With Mrs. Chandler at the time of her death were members of the immediate family. |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 10, 1952 |access-date=2010-08-05 }}</ref>, owned many years later by [[Father Yod]].{{cn|date=May 2021}} She was buried at [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] in [[Hollywood, California]]. She left seven children — Mrs. Roger Goodan (Alice May), Mrs. Earle E. Crowe (Constance), Mrs. John J. Garland (Helen), Mrs. James G. Boswell (Ruth), [[Norman Chandler]]. Philip Chandler and Harrison Chandler, as well as a sister, Mabel Otis Booth.<ref name=LAT19520811/>
She died on August 9, 1952, at her home in the Los Feliz foothills, [[Los Angeles, California]].,<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Harry Chandler, Widow of Publisher, Dies. Daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, Born in Ohio, Spent Lifetime in California |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/448747592.html?dids=448747592:448747592&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+10,+1952&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Mrs.+Harry+Chandler,+Widow+of+Publisher,+Dies&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103115528/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/448747592.html?dids=448747592:448747592&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+10,+1952&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Mrs.+Harry+Chandler,+Widow+of+Publisher,+Dies&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 3, 2012 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 10, 1952 |access-date=2010-08-05 }}</ref> owned many years later by [[Father Yod]].{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} She was buried at [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] in [[Hollywood, California]]. She left seven children — Mrs. Roger Goodan (Alice May), Mrs. Earle E. Crowe (Constance), Mrs. John J. Garland (Helen), Mrs. James G. Boswell (Ruth), [[Norman Chandler]]. Philip Chandler and Harrison Chandler, as well as a sister, Mabel Otis Booth.<ref name=LAT19520811/>


==Legacy==
==Legacy==
* The community of [[Reseda, California]], was originally named Marian, after Mrs. Chandler.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7lvRnuwxmUoC&pg=PA92&dq=h+j+whitley&hl=en&ei=4P5-TOT3Koa4sAO7yeX0Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCoQ6AEwADgK#v=snippet&q=reseda&f=false Margaret Leslie Davis, ''Rivers in the Desert,'' Google e-book, page 91]</ref>
* The community of [[Reseda, California]], was originally named Marian, after Mrs. Chandler.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7lvRnuwxmUoC&q=reseda&pg=PA92 Margaret Leslie Davis, ''Rivers in the Desert,'' Google e-book, page 91]</ref>
* A freighter ship built in 1917 (originally named War Flame but known as Empire Leopard when torpedoed and sunk November 2, 1942, by the German submarine [[U-402]]) was bought in 1929 by the Los Angeles Steamship Company and renamed Marian Otis Chandler, holding that name until it was sold again in 1939.<ref>[http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2351.html "Empire Leopard," ''uboat.net'']</ref>
* A freighter ship built in 1917 (originally named War Flame but known as Empire Leopard when torpedoed and sunk November 2, 1942, by the German submarine [[U-402]]) was bought in 1929 by the Los Angeles Steamship Company and renamed Marian Otis Chandler, holding that name until it was sold again in 1939.<ref>[http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2351.html "Empire Leopard," ''uboat.net'']</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=6628117 Mrs. Chandler's page at ''findagrave.com'']


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[[Category:Otis family]]
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[[Category:People from San Marino, California]]
[[Category:People from San Marino, California]]
[[Category:Chandler family (newspaper publishers)]]
[[Category:People from Marietta, Ohio]]
[[Category:Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]

Latest revision as of 07:14, 28 July 2024

Marian Otis Chandler
Chandler's grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles
Born
Marian Otis

(1866-07-01)July 1, 1866
Marietta, Ohio, U.S.
DiedAugust 9, 1952(1952-08-09) (aged 86)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
SpouseHarry Chandler (m. 1894-1944, his death)
Children6, including Norman Chandler, and 2 stepchildren
Parent(s)Harrison Gray Otis
Eliza Ann Wetherby
RelativesDorothy Buffum Chandler (daughter-in-law)
Otis Chandler (grandson)
Mike Chandler (great-grandson)

Marian Otis Chandler (July 1, 1866 – August 9, 1952) was the secretary and a director of the Times-Mirror Company, which published the Los Angeles Times.

Biography

[edit]

She was born as Emma Marian Otis July 1, 1866, in Marietta, Ohio,[1] to Harrison Gray Otis (publisher) and Eliza Ann Wetherby. Marian had three sisters, Mabel, Lilian, and Esther (who died in infancy),{[2]} and a brother, Harrison Gray (who died in infancy).{[2]}

In 1894, Marian married Harry Chandler, who later became publisher of the Los Angeles Times. Marian and Harry raised eight children together, two from Harry's first marriage, and six of their own.[3] Norman Chandler (1899–1973), became publisher of the Times after his father's death.

After the death of her husband in 1944, Mrs. Chandler resigned as secretary; a month later she was elected chairman of the Times-Mirror board. She also was vice president of the Chandis Securities Company and vice-president of the Southwest Land Company and the Southwest Company. She was known for her numerous philanthropies.[1]

She died on August 9, 1952, at her home in the Los Feliz foothills, Los Angeles, California.,[4] owned many years later by Father Yod.[citation needed] She was buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California. She left seven children — Mrs. Roger Goodan (Alice May), Mrs. Earle E. Crowe (Constance), Mrs. John J. Garland (Helen), Mrs. James G. Boswell (Ruth), Norman Chandler. Philip Chandler and Harrison Chandler, as well as a sister, Mabel Otis Booth.[1]

Legacy

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  • The community of Reseda, California, was originally named Marian, after Mrs. Chandler.[5]
  • A freighter ship built in 1917 (originally named War Flame but known as Empire Leopard when torpedoed and sunk November 2, 1942, by the German submarine U-402) was bought in 1929 by the Los Angeles Steamship Company and renamed Marian Otis Chandler, holding that name until it was sold again in 1939.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Private Funeral Set Today for Mrs. Harry Chandler," Los Angeles Times, August 11, 1952, page A-1 A library card is required to access this link.
  2. ^ a b The Otis Family in America
  3. ^ Gwendolyn Garland Babcock, The Ancestry of Harry Chandler, http://www.babcockancestry.com/books/chandler/003harrychandler.shtml
  4. ^ "Mrs. Harry Chandler, Widow of Publisher, Dies. Daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, Born in Ohio, Spent Lifetime in California". Los Angeles Times. August 10, 1952. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  5. ^ Margaret Leslie Davis, Rivers in the Desert, Google e-book, page 91
  6. ^ "Empire Leopard," uboat.net
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