EXHIBIT 24
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

     Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints BURTON E. BROOME,
SHIRLEY H. BUCCIERI and ROBERT D. MYERS and each of them with power to act
alone, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign (either manually or
electronically through the EDGAR System of the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission) the 1995 Annual Report on Form 10-K for Transamerica
Corporation and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, together
with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises hereof, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might do or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact or his or her
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned directors have executed this Power of
Attorney effective as of the 22nd day of March, 1996.


MYRON DU BAIN                          TONI REMBE
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Myron Du Bain                          Toni Rembe


SAMUEL L. GINN                         CONDOLEEZZA RICE
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Samuel L. Ginn                         Condoleezza Rice


JAMES R. HARVEY                        CHARLES R. SCHWAB
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James R. Harvey                        Charles R. Schwab


FRANK C. HERRINGER                     FORREST N. SHUMWAY
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Frank C. Herringer                     Forrest N. Shumway


GORDON E. MOORE                        PETER V. UEBERROTH
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Gordon E. Moore                        Peter V. Ueberroth