Otis P. Chandler Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Otis Chandler (November 23, 1927 – February 27, 2006) was the publisher of the Los Angeles Times between 1960 and 1980, leading a large expansion of the newspaper and its ambitions. He was the fourth and final member of the Chandler family to hold the paper's top position.Chandler made improvement of the paper's quality a top priority, succeeding in raising the product's reputation, as well as its profit margins. "No publisher in America improved a paper so quickly on so grand a scale, took a paper that was marginal in qualities and brought it to excellence as Otis Chandler did," journalist David Halberstam wrote in his history of the company.
Marilyn "Missy" Chandler, nee Brant Bettina Chandler, nee Whitaker
Children
Harry Brant Chandler, Norman B. Chandler, Carolyn F. Chandler, Cathleen Chandler Eckhardt
Siblings
Camilla Chandler, Edwin Buffum, Fern Smith Buffum, Thurlyne Buffum, Stephen Ortis, Harry A. Buffum, Sara Ortis
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He had five children: Norman, Harry Brant Chandler, Cathleen, Michael and Carolyn.
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His mother was Dorothy Chandler the philanthropist and arts patron who led a campaign in the 1950s to save the financially troubled Hollywood Bowl and a drive to build a permanent home for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This elegant and beautiful cultural center is named the "Dorothy Chandler Pavillion".
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Son of L.A. Times publisher Norman Chandler and Dorothy Chandler (the philanthropist and arts patron for whom the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is named); great-grandson of L.A. Times founder Harrison Gray Otis.
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Publisher of the Los Angeles Times from 1960 to 1980. The Times won seven Pulitzer prizes during his tenure.
$15 Million
