President of Times Mirror Heads Pulitzer Prize Board

David Laventhol, president of Times Mirror Co., has been elected chairman of the 17-member Pulitzer Prize Board, Michael I. Sovern, president of Columbia University, announced.

Laventhol succeeds Roger Wilkins, who will remain a board member, for the one-year term.

Additionally, Sissela Bok, an associate professor of philosophy at Brandeis University, has been elected to the board, succeeding University of Chicago President Hanna Gray, who served for eight years.