# Marian Otis Chandler

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**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](/source/Los_Angeles_Times).*

## Biography

She was born as **Emma Marian Otis** July 1, 1866, in [Marietta, Ohio](/source/Marietta,_Ohio),[1] to [Harrison Gray Otis (publisher)](/source/Harrison_Gray_Otis_(publisher)) and [Eliza Ann Wetherby](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Los_Angeles,_California).,[4] owned many years later by [Father Yod](/source/Father_Yod).[citation needed] She was buried at [Hollywood Forever Cemetery](/source/Hollywood_Forever_Cemetery) in [Hollywood, California](/source/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](/source/Norman_Chandler). Philip Chandler and Harrison Chandler, as well as a sister, Mabel Otis Booth.[1]

## Legacy

- The community of [Reseda, California](/source/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](/source/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. ["Private Funeral Set Today for Mrs. Harry Chandler," *Los Angeles Times,* August 11, 1952, page A-1](https://www.proquest.com/docview/166343506) *A library card is required to access this link.*

1. The Otis Family in America

1. Gwendolyn Garland Babcock, *The Ancestry of Harry Chandler*, [http://www.babcockancestry.com/books/chandler/003harrychandler.shtml](http://www.babcockancestry.com/books/chandler/003harrychandler.shtml)

1. ["Mrs. Harry Chandler, Widow of Publisher, Dies. Daughter of Gen. and Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, Born in Ohio, Spent Lifetime in California"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121103115528/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/448747592.html?dids=448747592:448747592&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+10,+1952&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Mrs.+Harry+Chandler,+Widow+of+Publisher,+Dies&pqatl=google). *[Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times)*. August 10, 1952. Archived from [the original](https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/448747592.html?dids=448747592:448747592&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Aug+10,+1952&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Mrs.+Harry+Chandler,+Widow+of+Publisher,+Dies&pqatl=google) on November 3, 2012. Retrieved 2010-08-05.

1. [Margaret Leslie Davis, *Rivers in the Desert,* Google e-book, page 91](https://books.google.com/books?id=7lvRnuwxmUoC&q=reseda&pg=PA92)

1. ["Empire Leopard," *uboat.net*](http://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/2351.html)

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