Norman Chandler
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About
Took his father's Los Angeles Times from a local conservative paper to a nationally recognized publication.
Before Fame
He joined his father in running the Times in 1922 after finishing Stanford and took it over in 1941 when it was still losing money.
Trivia
He invested in the paper, attracting Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and establishing for the workers pension and medical insurance.
Family Life
His son
Associated With
His wife Dorothy Buffum Chandler became a major financier of Los Angeles' performing-arts institutions.
