EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual
whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints PHILIP H.
GEIER, JR., EUGENE P. BEARD, FREDERICK MOLZ and NICHOLAS J.
CAMERA, 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, 1998, 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 25, 1999
PHILIP H. GEIER, JR. JOHN J. DOONER, JR.
PHILIP H. GEIER, JR. JOHN J. DOONER, JR.
EUGENE P. BEARD FRANK B. LOWE
EUGENE P. BEARD FRANK B. LOWE
FRANK J. BORELLI LEIF H. OLSEN
FRANK J. BORELLI LEIF H. OLSEN
REGINALD K. BRACK MARTIN F. PURIS
REGINALD K. BRACK MARTIN F. PURIS
JILL M. CONSIDINE ALLEN QUESTROM
JILL M. CONSIDINE ALLEN QUESTROM
J. PHILLIP SAMPER
J. PHILLIP SAMPER
THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.
CERTIFIED RESOLUTIONS
I, Nicholas J. Camera, Secretary of The Interpublic
Group of Companies, Inc. (the "Corporation"), hereby certify that
the resolutions attached hereto were duly adopted on March 25,
1999 by the 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
25th day of March, 1999.
NICHOLAS J. CAMERA
NICHOLAS J. CAMERA
THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP OF COMPANIES, INC.
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RESOLUTIONS RE FROM 10-K
RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Board and President
and the Vice Chairman-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, 1998, 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 Vice
Chairman-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
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, Frederick Molz
and Nicholas J. Camera, 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
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.