Marian Otis Chandler
Grave at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Born
Marian Otis

(1866-07-01)July 1, 1866
Marietta, Ohio, US
DiedAugust 9, 1952(1952-08-09) (aged 86)
Los Angeles, California, US
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

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. 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

  • 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

  1. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 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. 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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