EXHIBIT 24
                                  OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.
                                   POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:  That each individual whose 
signature appears below hereby consents to and appoints Thomas L. Young, Lee
A. Wesselmann, or either of them, individually, as his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent with all power of substitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the 1996 Annual
Report on Form 10-K of Owens-Illinois, Inc. and Owens-Illinois Group, Inc.,
both corporations organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the same as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his
hand on the date set opposite his name.

Signature                     Title                                 Date
- ---------                     -----                               --------
Joseph H. Lemieux             Chairman of the Board of             3/27/97
- -------------------------     Directors and Chief Executive       --------
Joseph H. Lemieux             Officer (Principal Executive
                              Officer); Director

Lee A. Wesselmann             Senior Vice President                3/27/97
- -------------------------     and Chief Financial Officer         --------
Lee A. Wesselmann             (Principal Financial and  
                              Accounting Officer); Director

                              Chairman Emeritus of
- -------------------------     the Board of Directors;             --------
Robert J. Lanigan             Director

Robert J. Dineen              Director                             3/27/97
- -------------------------                                         --------
Robert J. Dineen

Edward A. Gilhuly             Director                             3/27/97
- -------------------------                                         --------
Edward A. Gilhuly

James H. Greene, Jr.          Director                             3/27/97
- -------------------------                                         --------
James H. Greene, Jr.




Signature                     Title                                Date
- ---------                     -----                              --------
                              Director
- -------------------------                                        --------
Henry R. Kravis

                              Director
- -------------------------                                        --------
Robert I. MacDonnell

John J. McMackin, Jr.         Director                            3/27/97
- -------------------------                                        --------
John J. McMackin, Jr.       

Michael W. Michelson          Director                            3/27/97
- -------------------------                                        --------
Michael W. Michelson

George R. Roberts             Director                            3/27/97
- -------------------------                                        --------
George R. Roberts