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Born in Landaff, New Hampshire, Chandler attended Dartmouth College. On a dare, he jumped into a vat of icewater during winter, which led to severe pneumonia. He withdrew from Dartmouth and moved to Los Angeles for his health. A new teacher in the 1940s watches as a student writes on the blackboard. ... Dartmouth College is a private academic institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. ... Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the alveoli (microscopic air-filled sacs of the lung responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere) become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ...

In L.A., while working in the fruit fields, he started a small delivery company that soon became responsible for also delivering many of the city’s morning newspapers, which put him in contact with Los Angeles Times publisher Harrison Gray Otis. Otis liked this entrepreneurial young man and hired him as the Times’ general manager. Harry’s first wife had died in childbirth and he went on to marry Otis’s daughter, Marian Otis. Upon Otis’s death in 1917, Harry took over the reins as publisher of the Times, transforming it into the leading newspaper in the West and at times the most successful: for three straight years in the 1920s, under his leadership, the Times led all other American newspapers in advertising space and amount of classified ads. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... This article is about the publisher. ... Marian Otis Chandler (1866-1952). ... If you have been redirected here after viewing any statistical information, note that as defined by the Census Bureau, the western United States includes 13 states: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. ...

Much of his boundless energy and dreams were however directed to transforming Los Angeles. As a community builder and large-scale real estate speculator, he became arguably the leading citizen of Los Angeles in the first half of the 20th Century. Chandler was directly involved with helping to found the following: the Los Angeles Coliseum (and bringing the 1932 Summer Olympics to L.A.), the Biltmore Hotel, the Douglas Aircraft Company, the Hollywood Bowl, The Ambassador Hotel, the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the Auto Club of Southern California, KHJ radio station, Trans World Airlines, the San Pedro Harbor, the Los Angeles Athletic Club, the California Club, The Pacific Electric Cars, the Los Angeles Art Association, the Santa Anita Park racetrack, the Los Angeles Steamship Company, the Ahwanee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, and the restoration of downtown’s Olivera Street and Chinatown. As a real estate investor, he was the lead partner in syndicates that owned and developed: much of the San Fernando Valley, the Hollywood hills (Hollywoodland) where he came up with the idea of erecting the Hollywoodland sign to promote the development, Mulholland Drive, much of Dana Point, the Tejon Ranch (281,000 acres in Southern California), the Vermejo Ranch (340,000 acres in New Mexico), and the C&M ranch (832,000 acres in northern Baja, Mexico). At one point these investments made him the largest private landowner in the U.S., while at the same time, he was an officer or director in thirty-five California corporations, including oil, shipping, and banking. The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum is a large outdoor sports stadium located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California, near the campus of the University of Southern California. ... The 1932 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the X Olympiad, were held in 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. ... The Biltmore Hotel was the name of hotels in a chain developed by hotel magnate John McEntee Bowman. ... The Douglas Aircraft Company was founded by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. ... The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. ... The Ambassador Hotels nightclub, the Cocoanut Grove, circa the late 1950s. ... The California Institute of Technology (commonly referred to as Caltech)[1] is a private, coeducational university located in Pasadena, California, in the United States. ... KHJ Radio in Los Angeles, California was one of Americas most formidable Top 40 radio stations in the 1960s and 1970s as 93 KHJ. It has been known as La Ranchera since 1989. ... Trans World Airlines (IATA: TW, ICAO: TWA, and Callsign: TWA), commonly known as TWA, was an American airline company that was acquired by American Airlines in April 2001. ... While many cities use water towers to welcome visitors, San Pedro has its name painted on a smokestack. ... Los Angeles Athletic Club (LAAC) is an athletic club in Los Angeles, California. ... Pacific Electric Railway company depot in downtown Los Angeles, circa 1910. ... Lily Okuru, a Japanese-American woman held at Santa Anita Park, poses with the statue of Seabiscuit, 1942 Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California opened in 1934 and is the oldest and most prestigious horse racetrack in Southern California. ... Yosemite redirects here. ... The gate to Montreals Chinatown A Chinatown is a section of an urban area associated with a large number of Chinese residents or commercial activities within a city outside China. ... San Fernando Valley The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley in Southern California. ... ... The Hollywood Sign as it appears today The Hollywood Sign is a famous landmark in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, spelling out the name of the area in 45-foot high white letters. ... Map of Mulholland Drive (orange) and Mulholland Highway (brown) in Los Angeles County. ... Dana Point is a city located in southern Orange County, California. ... Tejon Ranch is the largest landowner in California. ...

He and Marian had eight children, including his oldest son, Norman, who followed him as publisher of the Times and married Dorothy Buffum Chandler, namesake of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion once used for Academy Awards ceremonies. Dorothy Buffum Chandler (19 May 1901 - 6 July 1997) was a Los Angeles cultural leader. ... The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is one of the halls in the Los Angeles Music Center (which is one of the three largest performing arts centers in the nation). ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent film awards in the United States and most watched awards ceremony in the world. ...

Sources

• The Powers That Be, David Halberstam, Dell Books, 1986
• Privileged Son: Otis Chandler and the Rise and Fall of the L.A. Times Dynasty, Dennis McDougal, Perseus Publishing, 2001