Otis Chandler

Otis Chandler
Chandler in 1972
Born(1927-11-23)November 23, 1927
DiedFebruary 27, 2006(2006-02-27) (aged 78)
Alma materStanford University
OccupationPublisher
Spouse(s)Marilyn "Missy" Chandler, nee Brant (June 1951–July 1981) Bettina Chandler, nee Whitaker (August 1981–February 2006, his death)
Children5, including Mike Chandler
Parent(s)Dorothy Buffum Chandler
Norman Chandler
RelativesCharles Abel Buffum (grandfather)
Harrison Gray Otis (great-grandfather)
Eliza Ann Otis (great-grandmother)
Marian Otis Chandler (grandmother)

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.[1]

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.[1]

  1. ^ a b Shaw, David; Landsberg, Mitchell (February 27, 2006). "L.A. Icon Otis Chandler Dies at 78". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 23, 2008.