Otis and Bettina Chandler Presidential Endowed Scholarship for Transportation Design

The Otis and Bettina Chandler Presidential Endowed Scholarship for Transportation Design was established by Mr. and Mrs. Chandler in 2003 to provide full tuition support to transportation design students demonstrating both exceptional merit and financial need.

Here at ArtCenter, we are incredibly grateful to Bettina and to her late husband Otis, whose immense generosity is helping to create diverse and inclusive automotive designers and creative leaders of the future by making their education at ArtCenter possible today.

Otis Chandler (1927-2006) was not even allowed to have a car as a teenager but had a deep interest in cars and motorcycles since he was a college student at Stanford University when he worked part-time to purchase a Harley-Davidson Knucklehead with his roommate. His first car was a 1939 Ford coupe. Over the years, he became an expert on the rarity and availability of classic and vintage vehicles, which he kept on display in a 43,000-square-foot facility in Oxnard that would later become The Mullin Automotive Museum.

Otis was the fifth generation of Chandlers to publish The Los Angeles Times and became one of the most important figures in newspaper history. It was his vision and determination that brought the publication to the top ranks of American journalism. He started working in the family business soon after graduating from Stanford University and experienced every single aspect of its running, from loading trucks to selling subscriptions. During his two-decade tenure as publisher of the Los Angeles Times, he took the paper from being listed in Time magazine as one of the 10 worst to one of the 10 best, garnering nine Pulitzer Prizes and other awards along the way.