LOS ANGELES COUNTY - News from Dec. 18, 1987

M. Kenneth Suddleson has been named executive vice president, office of the chairman, at Gulf & Western’s Paramount Pictures Corp. Suddleson previously was a partner in the law firm of Irell & Manella. Other promotions to the office of the chairman included: Richard Zimbert as executive vice president and special assistant to the chairman; A. Robert Pisano, executive vice president and general counsel, and Patrick Purcell, executive vice president-finance and administration.