She was born as
Emma Marian Otis July 1, 1866, in
Marietta, Ohio, to
Harrison Gray Otis (publisher) and
Eliza Ann Wetherby. Marian had three sisters, Mabel, Lilian, and Esther (who died in infancy),{} and a brother, Harrison Gray (who died in infancy).{
Norman Chandler (1899–1973), became publisher of the
Times after his father's death. After the death of her husband in 1944, Mrs. Chandler resigned as secretary; a month later she was elected chairman of the Times-Mirror board. She also was vice president of the Chandis Securities Company and vice-president of the Southwest Land Company and the Southwest Company. She was known for her numerous philanthropies. owned many years later by
Father Yod. She was buried at
Hollywood Forever Cemetery in
Hollywood, California. She left seven children — Mrs. Roger Goodan (Alice May), Mrs. Earle E. Crowe (Constance), Mrs. John J. Garland (Helen), Mrs. James G. Boswell (Ruth),
Norman Chandler. Philip Chandler and Harrison Chandler, as well as a sister, Mabel Otis Booth. ==Legacy==