EXHIBIT 24
                        POWERS OF ATTORNEY        


          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
directors of Premark International, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
(the "Corporation"), hereby constitute and appoint John M.
Costigan, L. John Fletcher and Gregory J. Mancuso, and each of
them, true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the
undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any
and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the
Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 27, 1997, and any
and all amendments thereto, and to file or cause to be filed the
same, together with any and all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents and substitutes, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or 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, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents and substitutes, and each of them,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set
his or her hand and seal this 4th day of March, 1998.




                                    James M. Ringler




                                    Harry W. Bowman



                                    Ruth M. Davis           



                                    Lloyd C. Elam          



                                    W. James Farrell      



                                    Richard S. Friedland



                                    John B. McKinnon     



                                    David R. Parker      



                                    Janice D. Stoney