LOS ANGELES COUNTY - News from March 7, 1986

Times Mirror Executive Vice President Phillip L. Williams was named to the board of directors of Jefferson Smurfit Corp. Smurfit, an Illinois paperboard and packaging products company, recently acquired 80% of Times Mirror’s newsprint subsidiary, Publishers Paper Co., for $150 million. Times Mirror, publisher of the Los Angeles Times, retained 20%.

Williams has held executive positions with Times Mirror since 1969, including senior vice president for newspapers and television, group vice president, vice president for finance and vice president for corporate programs.