EXHIBIT 24.1


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints William T. Monahan, Jill
D. Burchill and Carolyn A. Bates, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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 a Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Imation
Corp., and any and all amendments thereto, including post-effective amendments,
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, each acting alone, full power and authority
to do and perform to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, each acting alone, or the substitutes for such attorneys-in-fact and
agents, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.



             Name                               Title                            Date
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/s/ William T. Monahan              Chairman, President, Chief              October 31, 1996
- -------------------------------     Executive Officer and Director
William T. Monahan                 (principal executive officer)

/s/ Jill D. Burchill                Chief Financial Officer                 October 31, 1996
- -------------------------------    (principal financial officer)
Jill D. Burchill                   

/s/ James R. Stewart                Corporate Controller                    October 31, 1996
- -------------------------------    (principal accounting officer)
James R. Stewart                   

/s/ Lawrence E. Eaton               Director                                October 31, 1996
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Lawrence E. Eaton                 

/s/ Linda W. Hart                   Director                                October 31, 1996
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Linda W. Hart                     

/s/ William W. George               Director                                October 31, 1996
- -------------------------------                                  
William W. George                 

/s/ Ronald T. LeMay                 Director                                October 31, 1996
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Ronald T. LeMay                   

/s/ Mark A. Pulido                  Director                                October 31, 1996
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Mark A. Pulido                    

/s/ Daryl J. White                  Director                                October 31, 1996
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Daryl J. White