15 Facts About Dorothy Chandler

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Dorothy Buffum Chandler was a Los Angeles cultural leader.

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Dorothy Chandler's is perhaps best known for her efforts on behalf of the performing arts.

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3.

Dorothy Chandler's was a good sprinter in high school, and looked on male students not so much as potential escorts but as objects of competition.

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4.

Dorothy Chandler's attended Stanford University, where at a school dance she met Norman Chandler, eldest son of the family that had published the Los Angeles Times since 1883 and was a significant social and political force in the area.

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5.

Dorothy Chandler's was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority.

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6.

Dorothy Chandler worked at the Times or its parent, the Times Mirror Company, from 1948 to 1976.

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7.

Dorothy Chandler's was a director of Times Mirror from 1955 until 1973, when she was named director emeritus.

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8.

Dorothy Chandler's initiated the Times Woman of the Year award, which was given to 243 women from 1950 through 1976.

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9.

Dorothy Chandler chaired a committee that organized a series of fundraising concerts that was able to reopen it, and she later served as president of its parent organization, the Southern California Symphony Association.

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10.

Mrs Dorothy Chandler sought funds from both the long established “old money” families of Pasadena, but to “new money” sources on the city's Westside and Hollywood, many of whom were Jewish.

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11.

The 24- year old conductor that Dorothy Chandler hired, Zubin Mehta, led the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra.

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12.

Complex was completed in 1967, consisting of three venues: the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, named in honor of Chandler, the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre.

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13.

The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion served as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic from 1964 until 2003, when the Music Center opened its fourth hall, the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

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Dorothy Chandler served as a regent and chairwoman of the Building Committee of the University of California from 1954 to 1968, during its period of most rapid growth, when the system grew from five to nine campuses.

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Dorothy Chandler's served as a trustee of Occidental College from 1952 to 1967.

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