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2004:01:29:21:49:54 OBITUARIES B13 LOSANGELESTIMES By Mary Rourke Times Staff Writer Anita Addison, a producer and director who was one of the first African American women to hold a senior position at a major television network, died Saturday in New York City, said David Byrd, her partner of more than eight years. She was 51. Addison, who lived in Los Angeles, was working on a television series in New York City when she became ill early last week. She was admitted to New York-Presbyterian she died. The family declined to release the cause of death.

Through the 1990s, Addison was the senior vice president of drama development at Lorimar, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television. In 1998, she became an independent producer and director. During her years as a studio executive, she was the executive producer for a number of television series, including in 1991 and Had to Be in 1993. She was the executive producer for for two years starting in 2000.

Though an accomplished producer, she once said that directing was her first love. a director, your vision that ends up on the she told Emerge Magazine in April 1994. why I wanted to do She directed episodes for a number of television series through the 1990s, including and She also directed several movies made for television. One, Are No Children was an Oprah Winfrey production, based on the book by author Alex Kotlow- skiabout two brothers raised in a dangerous Chicago housing project. She once said that she was most proud of In My which she directed.

Set in the desegregation era, it was based on a true story of a married white woman who was raped by a black man. She borea baby and gave the child up for adoption. Eventually the girl was adopted by a white woman. Addison was praised for showing sensitivity to the racial problems between blacks and whites. Actress Anne Bancroft won an Emmy award for her performance.

an African American woman to achieve what Anita did is Leslie Moonves, chief executive officer of CBS, told The Times. had to break through a lot of glass ceilings along the Moonves worked with Addison at Warner Bros. in the early 1990s and hired her at CBS in 1995, after he moved there. was versatile, extremely loyal and she had an indomitable he said. He also recalled her as a mentor to younger people.

Addison was unusual in that her career developed entirely in mainstream commercial television. knew she had the education and the background to break down barriers, and she felt it was her responsibility to do Byrd told The Times. overcame things so that other black men and women coming after her would have Addison was born in Greensboro, N.C. Her parents wereeducators and civil rights activists. From her early years, she attended civil rights rallies in Greensboro and Atlanta, among other cities.

She graduated from Vassar College and earned a degree in journalism at Columbia University before she began working as a researcher at Time magazine. She took classes at New York film school and got a toehold in television in Los Angeles, analyzing Neilsen ratings for a small, independent station. was a great foundation for understanding Addison told Emerge. She wrote, produced and directed a short film, which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1984. It is the story of ayoung woman who has been raised among the Geeches, a culture rooted in African religion, who starts a new life in the big city.

In Los Angeles, she attended UCLA film school at night, where she completed a degree in 1990. She was hired in the research department at Paramount Television and from there made the leap to producer. In addition to Byrd, Addison is survived by her sister AlvetaAddison, her brother Donald Pendleton Addison, and four nieces and nephews. At request, there will be no funeral or memorial service. Contributions in her name can be made to the Best Friends Animal Society, 5001 Angel Canyon Road, Kanab, UT 84741, or to the Teaching Tolerance Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, 400 Washington Montgomery, AL 36104.

Anita Addison, 51; Pioneering TV Network Producer, Director Los Angeles Times ANITA ADDISON She was one of the first African American women to work as a senior producer in network television. During the 1990s, she was at Lorimar, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television. By Elizabeth Douglass Times Staff Writer Timothy Hugh Ling, president and chief operating officer of Unocal Corp. and an active member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Assn.

board, died Wednesday after an ice hockey workout in El Segundo. He was 46. The cause of death was not immediately known, and an autopsy will be performed. Ling spent six years at the El Segundo-based oil company, initially as its chief financial officer, then as executive vice president of North American operations, and finally as the No.2 executive and a member of the board of directors. The pianist, singer and cellist loved music so much that he knew the performers and would leave concerts according to Deborah Borda, president of the L.A.

Philharmonic Assn. As a member of the executive committee, was a gifted strategic thinker and had a real she said. Anative of Philadelphia, Ling won a hockey scholarship to fund his high school education at the Haverford School. In 1982, he earned a degree in geology from Cornell University. While working as a geologist for the U.S.

Geological Survey, he met Kimberly De Mello, whom he married in 1987. Ling earned an MBA from Stanford University in 1989, and hoped to create a small oil company with friends. Instead, he spent seven years as a consultant at McKinsey Co. in Los Angeles, becoming a partner and co-writing a management book called Change before leaving for Unocal in 1997. Despite frequent travel, Ling was a mentor to children from the urban core, helped with Boy Scouts, coached his eldest ice hockey team and was active in the Young Organization.

In addition, Ling was a direc- tor of Maxis Communications, a Malaysian wireless service provider; a director of the American Petroleum Institute and the Domestic Petroleum Council; and a member of an advisory board for the Department of Energy. He was also on the management board for the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and a member of the Haverford Leadership Council. was just a huge bundle of said friend Jamie Montgomery of the investment banking firm Montgomery Co. helped everyone, everywhere along the In addition to his wife, Ling is survived by their three children, Hudson, 7, Tommy, 4, and Peter, 2, all of Pacific Palisades; his parents, Gilbert and Shirley Ling of Marion, his sister, Eva Monahan of Wynnewood, and his brother, Dr. Mark Ling of Atlanta.

Funeral arrangements are pending. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations be made to the Tim Ling Memorial Fund, St. Episcopal Church in Pacific Palisades, or to the Tim Ling Scholarship Fund, in care of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Assn. Timothy H. Ling, 46; Unocal Exec Was on Philharmonic Board TIMOTHY H.

LING The Philadelphia native, who won a hockey scholarship for high school, also played the piano and cello..