Title supplied by cataloger. Otis Chandler (1927-2006) was the only son of Norman Chandler, publisher of The Times, and Dorothy Buffum Chandler, patron of the arts and a passionate fund-raiser who helped transform Los Angeles into a major cultural center. Despite his family's wealth his parents did not spoil him with gifts, but instead insisted he work in the 10-acre citrus ranch they owned in Sierra Madre. Chandler first attended the Polytechnic School in Pasadena before his parents sent him to the esteemed prep school of Phillips Academy in Massachusetts. In 1946 he attended his parents' alma mater, Stanford University, where he majored in history, minored in journalism and participated in the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). He continued his athletics and became one of the premier shot-putters in the nation; a sprained wrist would keep him from competing for the United States in the 1948 Summer Olympics. In 1950, Chandler proposed to his college sweetheart, Marilyn ("Missy") Brant, and they married a year later. After graduation, Chandler tried to enroll in the Air Force training program, but was turned down because he was too large to fit in the cockpit of a jet - he was 6 foot, 3 inches tall, and weighed 220 pounds. Instead, he spent 1951-1953 in the Air Force's ground service. After leaving the Air Force in 1953 his father presented him with credentials for a seven-year executive training program at The Times. Chandler started work right away as a pressroom apprentice on the graveyard shift. His father made sure he experienced work in all sections of the organization: industrial production, business management, clerical administration, and newsgathering operations. In 1960, Norman Chandler stepped down as publisher, handing the reins to his 32-year-old heir. Under Otis Chandler, the Los Angeles Times became a critically lauded newspaper, transforming it into one of the most respected, widely read, and profitable newspapers in the United States. Chandler retired from the position of publisher in 1980 at the age of 52. He was the fourth and final member of the Chandler family to hold the paper's top position with the newspaper his family had owned since his great-grandfather Harrison Gray Otis purchased a stake in the company in 1882. Otis Chandler died at his home in Ojai on February 27, 2006 at the age of 78 due to the effects of the degenerative brain disorder known as Lewy body disease. Photograph of Otis Chandler and his new bride, Marilyn "Missy" (Brant) Chandler standing just outside a Pan American World Airplane. Mr. Chandler stands on ground level, kissing his wife on the cheek, as she stands on the first step of the stairway leading to the plane's door. This was possibly taken upon returning from their honeymoon.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Chandler, Marilyn (Brant) Chandler, Otis,--1927-2006 Pan American World Airways, Inc Publishers and publishing--California--Los Angeles Newspaper editors--California--Los Angeles Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Couples--California--Los Angeles
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