Marian Otis Chandler


Marian Otis Chandler 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, to Harrison Gray Otis and Eliza Ann Wetherby. Marian had three sisters, Mabel, Lilian, and Esther, and a brother, Harrison Gray.
In 1894, Marian married Harry Chandler, who later became publisher of the Los Angeles Times. Marian and Harry raised eight children together, Francesca and Alice May, from Harry's first marriage, and six of their own: Constance, Ruth, Norman, Harrison Gray Otis and the twins, Helen and Philip. Norman Chandler, 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.
She died on August 9, 1952 at her home in Los Angeles, California. She was buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California. She left seven children — Mrs. Roger Goodan, Mrs. Earle E. Crowe, Mrs. John J. Garland, Mrs. James G. Boswell, Norman Chandler. Philip Chandler and Harrison Chandler, as well as a sister, Mabel Otis Booth.

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