EXHIBIT 24
Power of Attorney
Each of the undersigned officers and Directors of Oglebay Norton Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), which proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or such other form as may be applicable) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register shares relating to the Company’s 2002 Stock Option Plan. The Company hereby constitutes and appoints Rochelle F. Walk, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, as agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, to sign in any and all capacities and file (1) such registration statements with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, (2) any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and supplements thereto, and (3) any and all applications or other documents pertaining to such securities or such registrations, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney has been signed in the respective capacities and on the respective dates indicated below.
Signature
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/S/ JOHN N. LAUER
John N. Lauer | | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | | June 28, 2002 |
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/s/ MICHAEL D. LUNDIN
Michael D. Lundin | | President, Chief Operating Officer and Director | | June 28, 2002 |
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/s/ JULIE A. BOLAND
Julie A. Boland | | Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | | June 28, 2002 |
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/s/ WILLIAM G. BARES
William G. Bares | | Director | | June 28, 2002 |
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/s/ JAMES T. BARTLETT
James T. Bartlett | | Director | | June 28, 2002 |
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/s/ ALBERT C. BERSTICKER
Albert C. Bersticker | | Director | | June 28, 2002 |
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/s/ WILLIAM G. PRYOR
William G. Pryor | | Director | | June 28, 2002 |
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/s/ JOHN D. WEIL
John D. Weil | | Director | | June 28, 2002 |
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/s/ MADELEINE W. LUDLOW
Madeleine W. Ludlow | | Director | | June 28, 2002 |
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/s/ MALVIN E. BANK
Malvin E. Bank | | Director | | June 28, 2002 |
