Dorothy Buffum Chandler
Dorothy Buffum Chandler (actually Dorothy Mae Buffum , born May 19, 1901 in La Fayette , Illinois , † July 6, 1997 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American publisher , art patron and collector .
Life
Dorothy Mae Buffum came from a wealthy family, her father Charles Abel Buffum built the department store chain Buffum together with her uncle Edwin . Shortly after she was born, the family moved to Long Beach , California . She later studied at Stanford University and met her future husband, Norman Chandler (1899-1973), at a dance performance. He was the eldest son of Harry Chandler and grandson of Harrison Gray Otis . In 1922 Dorothy Buffum married into the Chandler dynasty and had two children: Camilla and Otis. In 1945, her husband took over as publisher of the national daily Los Angeles Times . Dorothy Chandler, nicknamed Buff or Buffie , worked for the newspaper from 1948 to 1976. She was the director of the Times Mirror newspaper from 1955 to 1973 . She introduced the Times Woman of the Year award , which was given to 243 women between 1955 and 1973. In the later years she organized concerts and exhibitions and raised more than forty million US dollars in donations .
Worth mentioning
- The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion , a concert venue in Los Angeles, is named after her.
Awards
- 1974: Humanitarian Award from Variety Clubs International
- 1982: UCLA Medal from the University of California, Los Angeles
- 1985: National Medal of Arts
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Buffum Chandler, Dorothy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dorothy Mae Buffum |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art patron and collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Fayette , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1997 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |