EXHIBIT 24 FORM 10-K POWER OF ATTORNEY ------------------------------ KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints, WARD M. MILLER, JR. and MARTIN H. MICHAEL and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1995 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Avon Products, Inc. and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this power of attorney as of March 7, 1996. Signature Title - - -------------------------------- ----------------------------- Chairman of the Board and Chief /s/James E. Preston Executive Officer - Principal _______________ Executive Officer and Director James E. Preston /s/Edward J. Robinson President, Chief Operating ______________________ Officer and Director Edward J. Robinson Senior Vice President, /s/Edwina D. Woodbury Chief Financial Officer - ______________________ Principal Financial Officer Edwina D. Woodbury Signature Title - - ------------------------- ------------------------- Vice President, /s/ Michael Mathieson Controller - Principal ______________________ Accounting Officer Michael Mathieson /s/Brenda Barnes ______________________ Director Brenda Barnes ______________________ Director Richard S. Barton ______________________ Director Daniel B. Burke /s/ Remedios Diaz Oliver ______________________ Director Remedios Diaz Oliver /s/Edward T. Fogarty ______________________ Director Edward T. Fogarty ______________________ Director Stanley C. Gault /s/ George V. Grune ______________________ Director George V. Grune Signature Title - - ------------------------- ------------------------- ______________________ Director Charles S. Locke /s/ Ann S. Moore ______________________ Director Ann S. Moore /s/ Joseph A. Rice ______________________ Director Joseph A. Rice /s/ Cecily C. Selby ______________________ Director Cecily C. Selby