Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Sep 5, 1923 – Aug 5, 2022
John Wesley Chandler, 98, of Williamstown, MA, President Emeritus of Williams College, died Friday, August 5, 2022. Born in Mars Hill, N.C., on Sept. 5, 1923, to Baxter Chandler and Mamie McIntosh Chandler, he entered Mills Home, a Baptist orphanage in Thomasville, N.C., in 1933 where he lived,...
Read MoreI am so thankful for the life of John Chandler and all of his family. So grateful we were neighbors so long ago and are still connected. With much love to all of you Mary Dickerson Pierson
Mary Pierson
August 03, 2024
So thankful for John and Florence Chandler. With much love to all the family Mary Dickerson Pierson and all the Dickersons.
Mary Pierson
August 05, 2023
My condolences to the family. May the fond and loving memories be a comfort and always be with you.
John A. Bernardo
August 11, 2022
As a member of the Hamilton College Class of 1973, and a member of student government during the period of Dr. Chandler's Hamilton presidency, I watched him handle many thorny issues. Besides those mentioned, he deftly coordinated the birthing and early development of Kirkland College, an all-women college intended to join Hamilton as the core of a coordinated group of colleges to be developed on a windy hilltop in central New York. I remember him as a man of quiet grace, deeply...
Thomas A. Thompson
August 10, 2022 | School
