EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ John M. Bissell                     
                                        John M. Bissell

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ John D. Boyles                      
                                        John D. Boyles

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ John C. Canepa                      
                                        John C. Canepa

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ Michael J. Jandernoa                
                                        Michael J. Jandernoa

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ John P. Keller                      
                                        John P. Keller

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ Jerry K. Myers                      
                                        Jerry K. Myers

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ William U. Parfet                   
                                        William U. Parfet

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ Percy A. Pierre                     
                                        Percy A. Pierre

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ Robert L. Sadler                    
                                        Robert L. Sadler

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ Peter F. Secchia                    
                                        Peter F. Secchia

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ B. P. Sherwood, III                 
                                        B. P. Sherwood, III

























                                   EXHIBIT 24

                                                                        Employee
                                                                         Options
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his capacity as director or officer of OLD
KENT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, does hereby appoint DAVID J. WAGNER, MARTIN J.
ALLEN, JR., and RICHARD W. WROTEN, and any of them, his attorney to execute
in his name, in his capacity as a director or officer of Old Kent Financial
Corporation, a Form S-8 Registration Statement of Old Kent Financial
Corporation for its Incentive Stock Option Plan for Employee Optionholders
of First National Bank Corp., any pre-effective and post-effective
amendments to said Registration Statement, and any instruments incidental
to that Registration Statement and to file the same with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Each of said attorneys shall have the power and
authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned,
in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to
be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned could do in person, and the undersigned hereby ratifies and
approves the acts of said attorneys.


          Date                               Signature


     January 16, 1995                   /s/ David J. Wagner                     
                                        David J. Wagner