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

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Biography

She was born as Emma Marian Otis July 1, 1866, in

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,"Private Funeral Set Today for Mrs. Harry Chandler," ''Los Angeles Times,'' August 11, 1952, page A-1
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and Eliza Ann Wetherby. Marian had three sisters, Mabel, Lilian, and Esther (who died in infancy), and a brother, Harrison Gray (who died in infancy). In 1894, Marian married

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, 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.

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(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. She died on August 9, 1952 at her home in the Los Feliz foothills,

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., owned many years later by

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. She was buried at

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. She left seven children — Mrs. Roger Goodan (Alice May), Mrs. Earle E. Crowe (Constance), Mrs. John J. Garland (Helen), Mrs. James G. Boswell (Ruth),

. Philip Chandler and Harrison Chandler, as well as a sister, Mabel Otis Booth.

Legacy

* The community of

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, was originally named Marian, after Mrs. Chandler. * 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."Empire Leopard," ''uboat.net''
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References

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