Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




     The undersigned  hereby  authorizes and appoints William G. Little and John
R. Gailey III, and each of them, as her  attorneys-in-fact to sign on her behalf
and in her capacity as a director of West Pharmaceutical  Services, Inc., and to
file,  the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
December 31, 1999 and all amendments, exhibits and supplements thereto.




Date:       March 10, 2001                  /s/   Tenley E. Albright, M.D.
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                                                  Tenley E. Albright, M.D.



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




     The undersigned  hereby  authorizes and appoints William G. Little and John
R. Gailey III, and each of them, as his  attorneys-in-fact to sign on his behalf
and in his capacity as a director of West Pharmaceutical  Services, Inc., and to
file,  the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
December 31, 1999 and all amendments, exhibits and supplements thereto.




Date:       March 10, 2001                           /s/   John W. Conway
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                                                           John W. Conway





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY




     The undersigned  hereby  authorizes and appoints William G. Little and John
R. Gailey III, and each of them, as his  attorneys-in-fact to sign on his behalf
and in his capacity as a director of West Pharmaceutical  Services, Inc., and to
file,  the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
December 31, 1999 and all amendments, exhibits and supplements thereto.




Date:       March 10, 2001                           /s/   G. W. Ebright
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                                                       George W. Ebright





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -------------------



     The undersigned  hereby  authorizes and appoints William G. Little and John
R. Gailey III, and each of them, as his  attorneys-in-fact to sign on his behalf
and in his capacity as a director of West Pharmaceutical  Services, Inc., and to
file,  the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
December 31, 1999 and all amendments, exhibits and supplements thereto.




Date:       March 10, 2001                           /s/   L. Robert Johnson
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                                                           L. Robert Johnson






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                             ----------------------




     The undersigned  hereby  authorizes and appoints William G. Little and John
R. Gailey III, and each of them, as his  attorneys-in-fact to sign on his behalf
and in his capacity as a director of West Pharmaceutical  Services, Inc., and to
file,  the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
December 31, 1999 and all amendments, exhibits and supplements thereto.



Date:       March 10, 2001                  /s/   William H. Longfield
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                                                  William H. Longfield






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              ---------------------




     The undersigned  hereby  authorizes and appoints William G. Little and John
R. Gailey III, and each of them, as his  attorneys-in-fact to sign on his behalf
and in his capacity as a director of West Pharmaceutical  Services, Inc., and to
file,  the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
December 31, 1999 and all amendments, exhibits and supplements thereto.




Date:       March 10, 2001                           /s/   J. P. Neafsey
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                                                         John P. Neafsey






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              ---------------------




     The undersigned  hereby  authorizes and appoints William G. Little and John
R. Gailey III, and each of them, as his  attorneys-in-fact to sign on his behalf
and in his capacity as a director of West Pharmaceutical  Services, Inc., and to
file,  the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
December 31, 1999 and all amendments, exhibits and supplements thereto.



Date:       March 10, 2001                           /s/ Monroe E. Trout, M.D.
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                                                         Monroe E. Trout, M.D.






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                             ----------------------



     The undersigned  hereby  authorizes and appoints William G. Little and John
R. Gailey III, and each of them, as his  attorneys-in-fact to sign on his behalf
and in his capacity as a director of West Pharmaceutical  Services, Inc., and to
file,  the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
December 31, 1999 and all amendments, exhibits and supplements thereto.




Date:       March 10, 2001                           /s/   Anthony Welters
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                                                           Anthony Welters







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                              ---------------------



     The undersigned  hereby  authorizes and appoints William G. Little and John
R. Gailey III, and each of them, as his  attorneys-in-fact to sign on his behalf
and in his capacity as a director of West Pharmaceutical  Services, Inc., and to
file,  the  Company's  Annual  Report on Form  10-K for the  fiscal  year  ended
December 31, 1999 and all amendments, exhibits and supplements thereto.



Date:       March 10, 2001                  /s/   Geoffrey F. Worden
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                                                  Geoffrey F. Worden