Page 79
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them
individually, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of
substitution and resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in
his capacity as a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to
file a registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August
31, 1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ James S. Balloun
James S. Balloun, Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer, and Director
/s/ Brock Hattox
Brock Hattox, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Mark R. Bachmann
Mark R. Bachmann, Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ David Levy
David Levy, Executive Vice President,
Administration and Counsel, and Director
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 80
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ John L. Clendenin
John L. Clendenin
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 81
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Robert M. Holder, Jr.
Robert M. Holder, Jr.
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 82
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ F. Ross Johnson
F. Ross Johnson
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 83
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ James C. Kennedy
James C. Kennedy
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 84
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Donald R. Keough
Donald R. Keough
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 85
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Bryan D. Langton
Bryan D. Langton
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 86
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Bernard Marcus
Bernard Marcus
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 87
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ John G. Medlin, Jr.
John G. Medlin, Jr.
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 88
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ D. Raymond Riddle
D. Raymond Riddle
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 89
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Herman J. Russell
Herman J. Russell
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 90
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for her in her name, place, and stead in her capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Betty L. Siegel
Betty L. Siegel
Dated: November 20, 1996
Page 91
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints David Levy and Brock Hattox, and each of them individually, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact (with full power of substitution and
resubstitution) to act for him in his name, place, and stead in his capacity as
a director or officer of National Service Industries, Inc., to file a
registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31,
1996, and any and all amendments thereto, with any exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them individually, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact or either of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
/s/ Erwin Zaban
Erwin Zaban
Dated: November 20, 1996