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but his irrepressible spirit of adventure
steered him instead to the Air Force. He
became the youngest captain in the Stra-
tegic Air Command during the Korean War,
piloting B-47s at the age of 19.
He married Judith Lewis in 1955, em-
barked on what would be a highly success-
ful career as an investment banker with
Kidder Peabody in Boston, and with his
half-brother Crocker Snow Jr. took up
polo. The brothers had ridden since early
childhood and began playing polo together
at Myopia on the family Seagulls team, up
and down the East Coast, and as far as the
Dominican Republic and Iran. A natural
left-hander, Mr. Little taught himself to
play right-handed, and his energy helped
create a postwar polo renaissance. He often
hosted international teams, throwing
clambakes for them on Wingaersheek
Beach on Ipswich Bay.
Although Peabody Kidder would merge
with PaineWebber and PaineWebber with
UBS, Mr. Little remained at the same desk
for 48 years. He formed his own investment
team and consistently placed among the
top producers in Boston. He also focused
his financial acumen on the world of horse
racing, establishing Centennial Farms
Management Company in 1982 to manage
a small group of thoroughbred racehorses
for individual investors. A highlight of that
venture came in 1993, when the Centen-
nial Farms horse Colonial Affair won the
Belmont Stakes under Julie Krone, the first
female jockey to win a Triple Crown race.
By the mid 1980s, Mr. Little had shifted
his equestrian passion from polo to fox
hunting and show jumping. He founded
and managed the Boston Grand Prix
Jumper Classic horse shows from 1991
to 2011. He began spending winters in
Florida, competing in many jumping events
in Wellington and other arenas. In 2006,
he brought his jumpers to St. Tropez,
Cannes, and Monte Carlo to compete in
the Global Champions Tour. He and his
wife also made annual trips to the Carib-
bean and toured the U.S. national parks
and Alaska, often traveling in the 1947
Navion he had inherited from his step-
father. Mrs. Little always went along to
jumping competitions and was present
when her husband’s horse stumbled and
threw him last February.
Mr. Little is mourned by all who shared
his passion for horses, hounds, and the
sporting life. He is survived by his wife of
57 years; his son, Donald V. Little Jr.; his
daughter, Andrea Little Eaton; a sister,
Patricia Moseley; brothers Crocker Snow Jr.
and Andrew J. Little; four grandchildren;
his trainer, Schuyler Riley; and jumpers
Mr. Nighttime and Superior.
1972
Henry Tuttle Chandler Jr.
an advocate
for people with
disabilities and
other civil lib-
erties, passed
away from a
pulmonary em-
bolism on Sep-
tember 13, 2011,
at Northwestern
Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was 56.
After attending Lake Forest Country Day
School in Illinois, Mr. Chandler entered
St. Paul’s as a Third Former in 1968. He
received First Testimonials and the Dickey
Prize for mathematics in 1969 and Dickey
Prizes for math and chemistry in 1970. He
graduated with honors in science. Along
with his excellent scholastic record, Mr.
Chandler also participated in club squash
and tennis, served as a crew manager, acted
as co-chairman of the Coffee House and
the Radio Club, and worked for the 1972
Paul McCloskey presidential campaign in
New Hampshire.
A surfing accident at 20 years old while
Mr. Chandler was a student at Occidental
College in California left him a quadriplegic.
After undergoing rehabilitation in Calif-
ornia, he returned to the Chicago area to
be near his family. He then enrolled at Lake
Forest College, where he was awarded the
McPherson Prize for scholarship in philos-
ophy upon graduation in 1980.
After graduation, Mr. Chandler joined
a computer training program that placed
people with disabilities in internships
with area companies. An internship with
Allstate Insurance Co. in Northbrook
turned into a full-time job as a systems
programmer, and Mr. Chandler worked
there for many years.
He will be remembered most for his
community contributions. From 2003 to
2008, Mr. Chandler served as chairman
of the board for Access Living, a group
that provides services and advocacy for
people with disabilities. While in that
position, he helped lead a capital campaign
to build what is now the organization’s
permanent home at 115 W. Chicago Ave.
in Chicago. He also shared his leadership
skills in 2007 when Access Living brought
a class action suit against the state of Il-
linois on behalf of more than 20,000 people
with disabilities receiving Medicaid and
living in nursing homes in Cook County.
The suit alleged that thousands of people
with physical disabilities and mental ill-
ness were automatically placed in nursing
homes because, due to the state’s payment
structure, they couldn’t get the needed
services in the community.
Although Mr. Chandler did not live to
see the decision, in December 2011, the
federal court approved a landmark agree-
ment that will offer thousands of people
with disabilities in nursing homes the
opportunity to choose to live in their own
apartments instead of in institutions.
Mr. Chandler also served on the board
of the American Civil Liberties Union of
Illinois, the Chicago Transit Board, and
Openlands, a Chicago-based land con-
servation group founded in 1963 that
protects the natural and open spaces
of northeastern Illinois and the sur-
rounding region.
Mr. Chandler was married in 1986,
but divorced seven years later. He is
survived by his father, Henry, Sr.; his
mother, Clarissa; his sisters, Phoebe
and Laura; his brother, Edward; and
stepdaughters Elaine Delaney Frei and
Rachel Delaney.
DECEASED