Mr. Davis was president of both the local and its parent, the national union.

Rainer Walker, president of the agency and its parent, which is based in Frankfurt, attributed the decision to Miami's growing popularity as a market for models and modeling.

Mel Karmazin doesn't want to hear about it," Mr. Burnett added, referring to the president of CBS's parent, Viacom.

Even George Heller, president of Zellers's parent, the Hudson's Bay Company, acknowledged, "You have to give the devil its due."

He succeeds Lance R. Primis, who was named in September as president and chief operating officer of the newspaper's parent, The New York Times Company.

Mr. Ruskin, 59 years old, joined Gimbels New York as chief executive in 1979 and was named president of its parent, the Batus Retail Group, in 1983.

After heading the city's teachers' union, the United Federation of Teachers, he was elected president of its parent, the American Federation of Teachers.

He will report to Stanley R. Jaffe, who became corporate president of the studio's parent, Paramount Communications Inc., in March.

Mr. Stemmer also resigned as the president of the bank's parent, the Unicorp American Corporation, which is 75 percent owned by the Unicorp Canada Corporation.

Their first witness was Judy J. Wischer, the president of Lincoln's parent, the American Continental Corporation.