POWER OF ATTORNEY          Exhibit No. 24
                                                 


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints PHILIP H. GEIER, JR.,
EUGENE P. BEARD, JOSEPH STUDLEY and CHRISTOPHER RUDGE, and each of
them, as 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 Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 1994, for The Interpublic Group of
Companies, Inc., S.E.C. File No. 1-6686, and any and all amendments and
supplements thereto and all other instruments necessary or desirable in
connection therewith, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requested and
necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might do or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or
their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.


Dated:  March 21, 1995


                                                                
    Philip H. Geier, Jr.                    J. Phillip Samper      

                                                                
    Eugene P. Beard                         Joseph J. Sisco


                                                                
    Lynne V. Cheney                         Frank Stanton


                                                                
    Frank B. Lowe                           Joseph Studley


                                                                
    Leif H. Olsen                           Jacqueline G. Wexler 

                           
    Kenneth L. Robbins

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               THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.

                        Certified Resolutions



         I, Christopher Rudge, Secretary of The Interpublic Group of
Companies, Inc. (the "Corporation"), hereby certify that the
resolutions attached hereto were duly adopted on March 21, 1995 by he
Board of Directors of the Corporation and that such resolutions have
not been amended or revoked.

         WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Corporation this 24th day
of March 1995.



                                            Christopher Rudge
                                            Christopher Rudge
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               THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.
                MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS       

Resolutions re Form 10-K


         RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board and President and the
Executive Vice President-Finance and Operations of the Corporation
be, and each of them hereby is, authorized to execute and deliver on
behalf of the Corporation an annual report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 1994, in the form presented to this meeting with
such changes therein as either of them with the advice of the General
Counsel shall approve; and further
         RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board and President in his
capacity as Chief Executive Officer, the Executive 
Vice-President-Finance and Operations in his capacity as Chief
Financial Officer, and the Vice President and Controller in his
capacity as Chief Accounting Officer of the Corporation be, and each
of them hereby is, authorized to execute such annual report on Form
10-K; and further
         RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation be and each of
them hereby is, authorized and directed to file such annual report on
Form 10-K, with all the exhibits thereto and any other documents that
may be necessary or desirable in connection therewith, after its
execution by the foregoing officers and by a majority of this Board
of Directors, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New
York Stock Exchange; and further
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         RESOLVED, that the officers and directors of the Corporation
who may be required to execute such annual report on Form 10-K be,
and each of them hereby is, authorized to execute a power of attorney
in the form submitted to this meeting appointing Philip H. Geier,
Jr., Eugene P. Beard, Joseph Studley and Christopher Rudge, and each
of them, severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents
to act in his or her name, place and stead, to execute said annual
report on Form 10-K and any and all amendments and supplements
thereto and all other instruments necessary or desirable in
connection therewith; and further
         RESOLVED, that the signature of any officer of the Corporation
required by law to affix his signature to such annual report on Form
10-K or to any amendment or supplement thereto and such additional
documents as they may deem necessary or advisable in connection
therewith, may be affixed by said officer personally or by any
attorney-in-fact duly constituted in writing by said officer to sign
his name thereto; and further
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         RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation be, and each of
them hereby is, authorized to execute such amendments or supplements
to such annual report on Form 10-K and such additional documents as
they may deem necessary or advisable in connection with any such
amendment or supplement and to file the foregoing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange; and further 
         RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation be, and each of
them hereby is, authorized to take such actions and to execute such
other documents, agreements or instruments as may be necessary or
desirable in connection with the foregoing.