- Publisher of the Los Angeles Times from 1960 to 1980. The Times won seven Pulitzer prizes during his tenure.
- Son of L.A. Times publisher Norman Chandler and Dorothy Chandler (the philanthropist and arts patron for whom the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion is named); great-grandson of L.A. Times founder Harrison Gray Otis.
- His mother was Dorothy Chandler the philanthropist and arts patron who led a campaign in the 1950s to save the financially troubled Hollywood Bowl and a drive to build a permanent home for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This elegant and beautiful cultural center is named the "Dorothy Chandler Pavillion".
- He had five children: Norman, Harry Brant Chandler, Cathleen, Michael and Carolyn.
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