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                                                       EXHIBIT 24.1

                             POWER OF ATTORNEY
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     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and/or
directors of Sun Company, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, do and each of
them does hereby constitute and appoint Robert M. Aiken, Jr., Richard L.
Cartlidge and Jack L. Foltz his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them with full power to act without the others, for
him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, to sign the Sun
Company, Inc. Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 1993 and any and
all future amendments thereto; and to file said Form 10-K and any such
amendments, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any
of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands
and seals this 3rd day of March, 1994.

s/ROBERT M. AIKEN, JR.
Robert M. Aiken, Jr.
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)


s/ROBERT H. CAMPBELL
Robert H. Campbell
Chairman of the Board, Chief
Executive Officer, President and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)


s/RAYMOND E. CARTLEDGE
Raymond E. Cartledge
Director


s/RICHARD L. CARTLIDGE
Richard L. Cartlidge
Comptroller
(Principal Accounting Officer)


s/ROBERT E. CAWTHORN
Robert E. Cawthorn
Director


s/MARY J. EVANS
Mary J. Evans
Director


s/THOMAS P. GERRITY
Thomas P. Gerrity
Director


s/JAMES G. KAISER
James G. Kaiser
Director



s/THOMAS W. LANGFITT
Thomas W. Langfitt
Director


s/R. ANDERSON PEW
R. Anderson Pew
Director


s/ALBERT E. PISCOPO
Albert E. Piscopo
Director


s/WILLIAM F. POUNDS
William F. Pounds
Director


s/B. RAY THOMPSON, JR.
B. Ray Thompson, Jr.
Director


s/ALEXANDER B. TROWBRIDGE
Alexander B. Trowbridge
Director