Sports
1917: Harry Chandler takes over as head of The Times after the death of his father-in-law, Harrison Gray Otis 1927: Otis Chandler is born to Harry Chandler’s son Norman and his wife, Dorothy Buffum Chandler. 1937: Otis Chandler is nearly killed in a horse-riding accident. 1944: Harry Chandler dies at age 80 and Norman Chandler becomes publisher. 1946: Otis Chandler graduates from the Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass. 1946: Enrolls at Stanford University. 1950: In competition at a West Coast track meet, establishes what is then the third-best shotput mark in history. 1950: Graduates from Stanford. 1951: Marries fellow Stanford student Marilyn Brant.
Feb. 28, 2006
Books
A Man of Many Passions Transformed The Times Had Otis Chandler never worked a single day, his would have been a memorable life.
California
Sept. 15, 2014
For a book about the development of Los Angeles, and the role played in that development by the Otis-Chandler family from 1881 to the present, I would appreciate hearing from anyone who either worked for, or had contact with, the Chandler family.
Oct. 13, 1985
On a hot, dusty day, Ellen Gibbon Bergman of La Jolla led historian Bill Deverell to a Palm Springs warehouse where she had stored five ancient trunks.
Nov. 1, 1990
Real Estate
The Malibu home once owned by former L.A. Times publisher Otis Chandler was sold by Tony Broccoli, whose father produced numerous James Bond films.
Aug. 13, 2020
Archives
How the Chandlers were responsible for ‘Inventing L.A.’
Jan. 27, 2009
Television
‘Inventing LA: The Chandlers & Their Times’
Oct. 5, 2009
World & Nation
Otis Chandler -- In Tuesday’s Section A, a caption that ran with the obituary of Otis Chandler identified a photo as having been taken in 1959, a year before he was named publisher of The Times.
March 2, 2006