Marian Otis Chandler
Template:Short description Template:Infobox person 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,<ref name=LAT19520811>"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, 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 (1899–1973), 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/>
She died on August 9, 1952, at her home in the Los Feliz foothills, Los Angeles, California.,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> owned many years later by Father Yod.Template: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.<ref name=LAT19520811/>
Legacy
- The community of Reseda, California, was originally named Marian, after Mrs. Chandler.<ref>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>"Empire Leopard," uboat.net</ref>