He gradually worked his way through every department at the paper: production, circulation, the mailroom, mechanical, advertising, the newsroom. In 1986, Chandler surrendered the titles of chairman and editor in chief, although he remained on the board and took on the largely ceremonial role of chairman of the companys executive committee. Chandler was an exotic, at times mythic figure among the nations newspaper executives, most of whose exertions and excursions outside the boardroom were generally limited to golf courses and cruise ships. But in the social pecking order of the Southern California elite, she was seen as a cut below the Chandlers, and they never let her forget it. People who knew the Chandlers well say Otis first wife was enormously competitive. Murphy was scheduled to retire soon, and Otis was determined to give up the publishers job in 1980, when he would have been publisher for 20 years four years longer than my father, he often pointed out to those disappointed by his departure. Although all three of his sons worked at the paper for varying periods, none ascended into the top executive ranks. He collected vintage cars and drove most of them to work at one time or another, alternating Porsches and Rolls-Royces with motorcycles, pickups and other vehicles in his growing inventory. As long as I knew him, Otis had an adventurous spirit and the courage to pursue it.. The Securities and Exchange Commission dropped all charges against Chandler in 1975, but the case cost him more than $1 million in legal fees, and it had a devastating emotional effect on him. The Hearst paper was subsequently hit by a devastating strike and ceased publication in 1989. Otis has gone surfing, and hes not coming back, Noel Greenwood, then senior editor of The Times, said in 1991, almost four years before Willes took over and eight years before Staples erupted. Chandler always denied any conflict of interest, and he invariably emerged from these controversies with his reputation for personal integrity intact. Chandler was raised to share his family's distaste for labor unions, a tradition that favored the family's financial interests. His grandfather, Charles Abel Buffum, was a businessman who founded Buffum's, a department store chain, with his brother, Edwin E. Buffum, and a politician, who served as Mayor of Long Beach, California. I like living on the edge, he said in a 1999 interview, five months after his 71st birthday and two weeks after he suffered minor head injuries when he spun out in one of his Ferraris near the vintage-car and wildlife museum he owned in Oxnard. But as the children grew up and she had more time available, she embarked on a career of her own she got womens lib is how Chandler put it and that exacerbated tensions between them. The agreement made sense financially for The Times, but it proved to be a boon in another way as well. I think building houses is a replacement for the satisfaction he got from The Times, his wife, Bettina, said just before construction began on the Ojai house. He and Thomas finished sixth in a field of 72 cars third in their class of 22 a remarkable performance for a 50-year-old rookie driver. Norman Chandler (1899-1973), Publisher of the Los Angeles Times. At the age of 8, Chandler was thrown to the ground during a horseback riding lesson. Newspapers are a mature, non-growth industry, vulnerable to cyclical economic downturns and increases in the cost of newsprint, he said. He spent 1951 to 1953 on the ground in the Air Force, supervising sports and acting as co-captain of the Air Force track team at Camp Stoneman in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sulzberger recalled decades later that he once walked into Chandlers office and found him hanging upside down in the doorway, like a bat. It is Marilyn Brant. Would I have wanted to stay, given what was happening at The Times and Times Mirror? Chandler asked a year after stepping down. Two years later, he was considered a cinch to be one of three shotputters on the U.S. team for the Olympic Games in Helsinki, but he sprained his wrist before the tryouts and had to pull out the biggest disappointment of my life, he recalled almost 50 years later. The annual news department budget at The Times was $3.7.million when Chandler took over. There was an air of anticipation as the elder Chandler stepped to the microphone and said, after a bit of reminiscing, I hereby appoint, effective as of this moment, Otis Chandler as publisher of The Times., He recalled almost four decades later having had no inkling what my dad was going to say until an hour before the luncheon. Were going to spend as much money as it takes to be the best newspaper in the country and I mean, specifically, [better than] the New York Times, Chandler said in remarks to the papers Washington Bureau in the mid-1960s. He eventually recovered from serious head injuries. Thats more than I ever heard from Mark Willes.. But he persisted and in 1978 at age 50, after years of what he called Walter Mitty fantasies about becoming a race car driver finally got a chance to race professionally. Hes restless. He was the fourth and final member of the Chandler family to hold the paper's top position. I decided it was time to be a little selfish, to give myself full time to the things Id always enjoyed doing in bits and pieces., He may also have been frustrated by his inability to reach his stated goal of supplanting the New York Times as the most widely admired American newspaper. In an extreme example of the papers penchant for treating Democrats like nonentities, one lengthy article featured Knowlands attack on my opponent, the Democratic candidate for governor, who was described as a tool of union bosses and socialists. I think he fears that he would die if he werent building something.. In a controversial 1996 story in Vanity Fair, Chandler was quoted as criticizing his relatives as coupon clippers elitists bored with the problems of AIDS and the homeless and drive-by shootings. They wished The Times wouldnt cover those issues, and they werent interested in either the papers editorial quality or its social responsibility, he said. Victims suffer from severe dementia, as well as the stiffness, tremors and impaired movements characteristic of Parkinsons. He told me several times, and other people, that no Chandler would again be publisher of The Times, he added, and I thought that was a curious thing to say, especially since some of the Chandler children seemed perfectly suited to be publisher, at least as suited as Otis.. [2], On his 23rd birthday, Chandler proposed to his college sweetheart, Marilyn Brant, on the seventh hole of the Pebble Beach golf course. When many top Times executives proved either reluctant to change or incapable of meeting his standards after he became publisher, he replaced 22 of 23 department heads within the first year. By his strength and by his judgment of good journalists, he was of unique importance in the history of the Los Angeles Times.. When Burke asked Chandler if hed like to invest in his company and introduce Burke to other potential investors among the publishers wealthy friends Chandler was happy to comply. Growing up, Chandler had often said hed like to be a doctor, although he later conceded, I was never an outstanding scholar. When he left the Air Force in 1953, he had no clear sense of what he wanted to do with his life. To put together his galaxy of star reporters, Otis Chandler employed what in much of the newspaper business amounts to a secret weapon money.. FOR THE RECORD:In an earlier version of this article, the date of the Helsinki Olympic Games was incorrectly given as 1948. He was the fourth and final member of the Chandler family to hold the paper's top position. [1], In 1966 Chandler received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award as well as an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Colby College. I must confess, he said, I am getting darn tired of defending myself as a hunting person.. The Times, on his watch, consistently editorialized in favor of gun control, but Chandler himself was a strong advocate of the right to bear arms. Periodically, Chandler rented the now-defunct Riverside Raceway for a day so he, Thomas and their friends could race their cars. It was a watershed experience, he said. But he did send memos to Williams, the editor, periodically in his early years as publisher criticizing the business and sports sections, for example, and complaining about the content and design of the Sunday magazine, then as now called West. Willes, he said in 1999, was basically undoing what I and my father and Franklin Murphy all did, dating back to 1958. Who can help student-athletes cash in? In 1977, Chandler brought Tom Johnson, publisher of the Dallas Times-Herald and a former aide to President Johnson (no relation), to Los Angeles as president of The Times and heir apparent for publisher. As a child, each year his parents held a memorial for the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, linked to political agitators, that killed 20 Times workers. His Stanford roommate, Norman Nourse, suggested that he try the shotput throwing a 16-pound iron ball. Prep Rally is devoted to the SoCal high school sports experience, bringing you scores, stories and a behind-the-scenes look at what makes prep sports so popular. The corporate air was a little too rarified for him, said Swayze, his secretary. Because he had five children and heavy corporate responsibilities, his wife tried to dissuade him from this favored leisure time activity. Although the decision stunned her, friends said they had long seen the breakup coming. Mrs. Chandler later achieved fame on her own by raising almost $20 million to finance the creation of the Music Center, a step that went a long way toward erasing the hick town image that Otis had long resented, and she was always keenly interested in the papers coverage of culture and society. Word that Chandler was breaking his silence ricocheted through the newsroom. Recovery was slow but complete, and it was during that period of recuperation, Chandler said many years later, that he did a lot of thinking and somehow developed my competitiveness.. On it, neatly typed, was a seven-year executive training program, scheduled to begin that Sunday night. [2] At Stanford he was a successful shot putter. Otis Chandler, whose vision and determination as publisher of the Los Angeles Times from 1960 to 1980 catapulted the paper from mediocrity into the front ranks of American journalism, died. But he never interfered with an editorial decision, Thomas said, never tried to tell me how a story should be written or edited or played, or how a page should look.. He had purchased his first a 1931 Duesenberg in 1968 for $35,000, and he built a world-class collection of Porsches, Ferraris, Duesenbergs, Cadillacs, Packards and other classics before selling all of them to meet the financial terms of his divorce settlement. Ex-husband of Marilyn "Missy" Chandler Stewart Chandler had always had an active life outside the newspaper business, and in his final years as publisher, close friends and associates knew that the lure of those interests combined with fatigue, restlessness, health problems and major changes in his personal life were inexorably leading him away from The Times. [1][2], After graduation, Chandler tried to enroll in an Air Force training program, but was turned down because he was too large to fit in the cockpit of a jet. Within four years, Time magazine and others were routinely mentioning The Times as one of the three or four best newspapers in the country. Despite Chandlers worries and despite what he said was a constant stream of calls and letters from Times executives past and present, asking him to do something about the direction of the newspaper, he made no real effort for most of Willes tenure to influence what was happening at Times Mirror Square. Otis Chandler was born on July 4, 1919. He quickly increased the budget of the paper, allowing it to expand its coverage. On arrival, she encountered a doctor she knew, and he revived the boy with a shot of adrenaline in the heart. Because much of his Times Mirror stock was tied up in trust funds, a lot of his money came from buying and selling cars. When stories in local alternative weeklies, followed by the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, disclosed details of the deal, the newsroom erupted in protest, circulating petitions and demanding an apology from Downing, the publisher, who had signed the original founding partner agreement. This was the only big investment I ever made, and I didnt do any investigation of it beforehand. At the time of her death in 1997, she had eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Other key members of the Chandler family wanted Philip to succeed Norman, wrote Marshall Berges in his 1984 book, The Life and Times of Los Angeles. But Norman regarded Philip as something of a lightweight, not entirely competent to take an aggressive leadership role at The Times.. Chandler retired as publisher in 1980 at the age of 52 to become chairman of Times Mirror, reducing his involvement in the day-to-day operations of the company. He remained an avid reader of the paper. On the fringes of that movement and especially active in Southern California was an ultra-right-wing organization known as the John Birch Society. I liked to make it on my own in whatever I accomplished, he told an interviewer. For several years, the pair had enjoyed a Saturday ritual. He always has to have a project. Father of Private; Michael Otis "Mike" Chandler; Norman Brant Chandler; Private and Private She was athletic, she surfed, she hunted and she was always vying for equal status or greater status than Otis, said Howard Gilmore, one of Chandlers longtime hunting companions. He was also the only reporter, rookie or veteran, whose name regularly appeared in both the Sports section, which chronicled his continuing exploits as a competitive weightlifter, and in the society pages, where his attendance at various black-tie events always rated a mention. By the time he enrolled at Stanford University in 1946, he weighed about 200 pounds. And sooner or later Im afraid well have to align ourselves with one of those companies to ensure the long-term survival of The Times., When Tribune turned out to be that company, Chandler said, Of all the people, of all the media companies that Times Mirror could join, this is the most logical and probably the best company.. Emma Marian Otis 1866-1952. But he also worried about his legacy, and he increasingly spoke critically, if only in private at first, about his unhappiness with the direction of Times Mirror and the paper under Mark Willes, a former executive at General Mills who had been hired to succeed Erburu as chairman and chief executive in 1995 and also assumed the title of Times publisher when Richard T. Schlosberg III retired unexpectedly in 1997. Otis himself offered contradictory explanations of his mothers role in his promotion, befitting a mother-son relationship that had its share of paradox. If you will, its too complicated.. Most historians credit Otis mother Buff to her friends and family with persuading her husband to make their son his successor. Still, he wanted to be bigger and stronger, so shortly after graduation, he took up weightlifting. By the time of graduation, he weighed 200 pounds. Also, the name of Otis Chandlers first wife was incorrectly given as Marilyn Brandt. In some ways, he was typical of the macho male of his era. Katharine Graham, who became publisher of the Washington Post three years after Chandler took over The Times, and who relied on him as a mentor in her first days on the job, said in a 1999 interview the day after her 82nd birthday, when she was still very much involved with the Post Im so committed to the company and so is Punch [former New York Times Publisher Sulzberger] that I cant imagine one of us actually leaving. The GeoTek debacle helped greatly exacerbate the colon problem. Most of his early jobs in the training program were just that jobs, a grinding routine, he later said and because his father wanted him to have as many Times experiences (and meet as many Times employees) as possible, his schedule was constantly changing. I wasnt satisfied Im that way whether Im out riding my bike or racing a car.. Thats why we diversified the company and went into television and cable and forest products and books and medical and legal publishing.. He also began to develop a love of speed and once had to do a stint in traffic school after getting a speeding ticket on his bicycle, he said. But when Williams, the editor, suggested that the paper look into the organization anyway, both Otis and Norman Chandler gave him the go-ahead. He worked out daily, lifting weights in a gym he had built at The Times and improvising when he was traveling. Chandler was never a meddler or an intruder. [1] Later, Chandler said his motivation to invest in The Times' quality could be attributed, at least in part, to his desire to combat the East Coast opinion that, "The Times was regarded as a bad newspaper from a hick town". Overnight, copies of an old photo of Chandler were pinned and taped by the dozens to pillars and walls and bulletin boards throughout the newsroom, where some still remain. Thirty years later, he could still recall receiving a message from a fellow surfer one morning in the late 1960s telling him that waves were cresting at 12 to 15 feet off Dana Point the largest Southern California surf of my lifetime, he said. At the same time, he shifted the papers editorial page philosophy from the extreme right to slightly left of center. Sierra Canyon proves to be too much for Taft in Division I regional basketball opener, High school soccer: Southern California Regional results and updated pairings, High school basketball: Southern California and Northern California Regional results and updated pairings, Clippers still seeking right roster combination as they fall to Timberwolves. He was featured on the cover of sporting magazines like Road & Track, Strength and Health, and Safari Club. The stories described the Birchers extremist tactics and positions and, largely through their own words, depicted them as a threat to, rather than a defender of, the American way of life. A year later, he moved again. He also showed his father skills that went beyond the reportorial. Despite his family's wealth, Chandler's father insisted that he perform field labor and did not spoil him with gifts. Going with newspapers only is a flawed strategy, a dangerous philosophy that puts The Times at risk. Nothing but my kids is more important to me than the Los Angeles Times, he said in 1999. I always had the feeling that I wasnt welcome in the building when Mark was in charge that maybe theyd have a guard try to throw me out if I tried to come in. Shaw, The Times longtime media critic, filed a draft of this obituary before his death Aug. 1. Le Dowling arbre gnalogique avec les parents d'undemi-million, contient des milliers de photos et plus d'un millierGeneaStars. Chandler pursued excellence in every aspect of his life, said Tom Johnson. He used the same tone of voice with the president of the United States and the guy who came to change the lightbulbs in his office, said Donna Swayze, his executive secretary from 1962 to 1988. I occasionally hunt with a bow I am a saltwater fisherman and dry-fly freshwater fisherman, a gun collector, a sometime skeet and target shooter, an avid backpacker, outdoor photographer, trophy skinner, wild game gourmet but a lousy cook. Not once did the article refer to Brown by name. Chandler, he said, loved being publisher. Chandler made improvement of the paper's quality a top priority, succeeding in raising the product's reputation, as well as its profit margins. [1], In 1990, Chandler was trampled by a musk ox in the Northwest Territories of Canada. With Otis gone, the heat shield was gone, Johnson said. Theyll have to carry me out of here feet first, he said. Chandler changed The Times so dramatically and became so identified with the paper that when he left the publishers office at age 52, and again when he relinquished his corporate titles five years later, employees at The Times and Chandlers peers throughout the industry were both stunned and puzzled. He foresaw the sprawling megalopolis that Los Angeles and its neighboring counties would become, and he wanted The Times to be the dominant paper from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border.. Three years after that, he began construction on a 5,500-square-foot home in Ojai, about 30 minutes from his museum. Perelman once wrote that while traveling through the western United States by train, he asked a porter to bring him a newspaper and unfortunately, the poor man, hard of hearing, brought me the Los Angeles Times.. The booming Southern California economy helped immeasurably, of course. [2] In 1945, her husband became publisher of the Times, a position he held until he was succeeded by their son, Otis, in 1960. Thomas was largely responsible for the great length and literary style of many Times stories qualities for which the paper became both celebrated and criticized. We treated him as an insider and told him what was happening, Carroll said. But Thomas said it really didnt take much persuasion, because he really did want to go., Chandler himself said: I think some of the family members and some of the corporate people were hoping I would step aside although I dont recall that there was strong pressure.. Laventhol, Johnson and Thomas, among others, agreed that Chandler was just about the only member of his family who was interested in the social issues he mentioned in Vanity Fair, and they shared his anxiety about the threat he said the familys indifference posed to his legacy and to The Times. Connect to 5,000+ Chandler profiles on Geni, Norman Chandler, Dorothy Chandler (born Buffum), Cause of death: Motor neuron disease, Dementia with Lewy bodies - Feb 27 2006 - Ojai, 1930 - Los Angeles (Districts 0001-0250), Los Angeles, California, USA, 1940 - 800 West Orange Grove, Arcadia, Manrovia Township, Los Angeles, California, USA, June 18 1951 - Los Angeles, California, United States, Feb 27 2006 - Meiners Oaks, Ventura, California, United States, Nov 23 1927 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, Norman Chandler, Dorothy Chandler (geb. The paper's Sunday magazine on October 10, 1999, was a special issue dedicated to the new Staples Center sports arena in downtown L.A., home to the Lakers, Clippers and Kings. This was a flagrant violation of the independence of the editorial department, and it placed the credibility of the paper in jeopardy. President-elect Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy Reagan, are honored at the Los Angeles Music Center in 1980 during an event hosted by Otis Chandler and his mother, Dorothy. [1], In 1998, at age 71, Chandler suffered minor head injuries when he spun out a Ferrari automobile on the road in Oxnard. Otis, meanwhile, still had no idea what his mother and father had in mind for him. [1], On a 1964 safari in Mozambique, an elephant charged his party. But he was never specific, and the word publisher was never mentioned.. Chandlers wife, Bettina, was with him. After the series was published, Otis asked for an editorial criticizing the Birchers. They owned vast landholdings and used their influence with elected officials and the business elite to shape the regions development. And he took special pleasure in telling friends and colleagues about the telephone call he received from John Madigan, then-chairman and chief executive of Tribune, at 7 a.m. the day the takeover was announced. 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