POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below constitutes and appoints Kevin J.
Tierney and John-Paul DeRosa his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full
powers of substitution and resubstitution, for and in the
name, place and stead of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as a Director of UNUM Corporation,
from time to time, to sign
(i) any and all post-effective amendments to Registration
Statement No. 33-31270 under the Securities Act of 1933,
relating to the UNUM Employees Retirement Savings Plan and
Trust;
(ii) any and all post-effective amendments to Registration
Statement No. 33-60124 under such Act, relating to the
Colonial Companies, Inc. Security Saver Plan; and
(iii) a new Registration Statement to be filed under such Act on
Form S-8 prior to January 1, 1997 to register additional
shares of Common Stock for use in connection with either of
such plans, and any and all pre- and post-effective
amendments to such Registration Statement;
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do in person, and hereby
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
thereof.
Witness our signatures on the date(s) set forth below:
Signature Title Date
/s/ Gayle O. Averyt Director December 13, 1996
Gayle O. Averyt
/s/ Robert E. Dillon, Jr. Director December 13, 1996
Robert E. Dillon, Jr.
/s/ Gwain H. Gillespie Director December 13, 1996
Gwain H. Gillespie
/s/ Ronald E. Goldsberry Director December 13, 1996
Ronald E. Goldsberry
Director December , 1996
Donald W. Harward
/s/ George J. Mitchell Director December 13, 1996
George J. Mitchell
Director December , 1996
Cynthia A. Montgomery
/s/ James L. Moody, Jr. Director December 13, 1996
James L. Moody, Jr.
/s/ Lawrence R. Pugh Director December 13, 1996
Lawrence R. Pugh
/s/ Lois Dickson Rice Director December 13, 1996
Lois Dickson Rice
/s/ John W. Rowe Director December 13, 1996
John W. Rowe
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
constitutes and appoints Kevin J. Tierney and John-Paul
DeRosa my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, from time to time, to sign
(i) any and all post-effective amendments to Registration
Statement No. 33-31270 under the Securities Act of 1933,
relating to the UNUM Employees Retirement Savings Plan and
Trust; and
(ii) a new Registration Statement to be filed under such Act on
Form S-8 prior to January 1, 1997, to register additional
shares of Common Stock for use in connection with such plan,
and any and all pre- and post-effective amendments to such
Registration Statement;
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith (including, without
limitation, any annual report of such plan on Form 11-K),
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to
all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person,
and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue thereof.
Witness my signature on the date set forth below:
Date: December 17, 1996 /s/ Eileen C. Farrar
Eileen C. Farrrar
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
constitutes and appoints Kevin J. Tierney and John-Paul
DeRosa my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for me and in my name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, from time to time, to sign
(i) any and all post-effective amendments to Registration
Statement No. 33-60124 under the Securities Act of 1933,
regarding securities offered through the Colonial Companies,
Inc. Security Saver Plan (the "Colonial Plan");
(ii) any and all post-effective amendments to Registration
Statement No. 33-31270 under such Act, to include in such
Registration Statement securities offered through the
Colonial Plan and to provide for the merger of the Colonial
Plan with the UNUM Employees Retirement Savings Plan and
Trust (the "UNUM Plan"); and
(iii) a new Registration Statement to be filed under such Act on
Form S-8 prior to January 1, 1997, to register additional
shares of Common Stock for use in connection with either the
Colonial Plan or the UNUM Plan, and any and all pre- and
post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement;
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith (including, without
limitation, a Form 15 notice of suspension of duty to file
reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents 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, as fully to
all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person,
and hereby ratifies and confirms all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue thereof.
Witness my signature on the date set forth below:
Date: December 16, 1996 /s/ Paul H. Clifton. Jr
Paul H. Clifton, Jr.