Exhibit 24
                   FIRST OF AMERICA BANK CORPORATION

                          POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned officers and directors of First of America Bank
Corporation, a Michigan corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint
Richard F. Chormann and Thomas W. Lambert and any of them, the lawful
attorneys and agents or attorney and agent, with power and authority
to do any and all acts and things and to execute any and all
instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable said
corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
any rules or regulations or requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with this Registration Statement. 
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority,
the powers granted include the power and authority to sign the names
of the undersigned officers and directors in the capacities indicated
below to this Registration Statement, to any amendments, both pre-
effective and post-effective, and supplements to this Registration
Statement and to any and all instruments or documents filed as part of
or in conjunction with this Registration Statement or amendments of
supplements thereto, and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and
confirms all that said attorneys and agents or any of them shall do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney may be
signed in several counterparts.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this
Power of Attorney on May 15th, 1997.

/s/ Richard F. Chormann                 Director, Chairman, President
                                        and Chief Executive Officer
                                        (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Thomas W. Lambert                   Executive Vice President and
                                        Chief Financial Officer
                                        (Principal Financial Officer
                                        and Principal Accounting
                                        Officer)

/s/ James S. Ware                       Director

/s/ Dorothy A. Johnson                  Director

/s/ Joseph J. Fitzsimmons               Director

/s/ Martha Mayhood Mertz                Director

/s/ Clifford L. Greenwalt               Director

/s/ Robert L. Hetzler                   Director

/s/ Daniel R. Smith                     Director

/s/ Jon E. Barfield                     Director

/s/ John W. Brown                       Director

/s/ Ley S. Smith                        Director