EXHIBIT 24--POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby
appoint GEOFFREY B. BLOOM; TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN; STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR.;
BLAKE W. KRUEGER; and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any of them, his or her attorneys
or attorney, with full power of substitution, to execute in his or her name
an Annual Report of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended December 28, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to
file it or them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney
shall have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act 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
such attorneys.


     DATE                                    SIGNATURE


February 7, 1997                        /S/ GEOFFREY B. BLOOM






























                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby
appoint GEOFFREY B. BLOOM; TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN; STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR.;
BLAKE W. KRUEGER; and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any of them, his or her attorneys
or attorney, with full power of substitution, to execute in his or her name
an Annual Report of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended December 28, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to
file it or them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney
shall have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act 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
such attorneys.


     DATE                                    SIGNATURE


February 6, 1997                        /S/ DANIEL T. CARROLL






























                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby
appoint GEOFFREY B. BLOOM; TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN; STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR.;
BLAKE W. KRUEGER; and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any of them, his or her attorneys
or attorney, with full power of substitution, to execute in his or her name
an Annual Report of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended December 28, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to
file it or them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney
shall have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act 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
such attorneys.


     DATE                                    SIGNATURE


March 5, 1997                      /S/ ALBERTO L. GRIMOLDI






























                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby
appoint GEOFFREY B. BLOOM; TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN; STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR.;
BLAKE W. KRUEGER; and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any of them, his or her attorneys
or attorney, with full power of substitution, to execute in his or her name
an Annual Report of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended December 28, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to
file it or them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney
shall have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act 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
such attorneys.


     DATE                                    SIGNATURE


February 7, 1997                        /S/ DAVID T. KOLLAT






























                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby
appoint GEOFFREY B. BLOOM; TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN; STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR.;
BLAKE W. KRUEGER; and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any of them, his or her attorneys
or attorney, with full power of substitution, to execute in his or her name
an Annual Report of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended December 28, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to
file it or them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney
shall have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act 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
such attorneys.


     DATE                                    SIGNATURE


February 17, 1997                       /S/ PHILLIP D. MATTHEWS






























                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby
appoint GEOFFREY B. BLOOM; TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN; STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR.;
BLAKE W. KRUEGER; and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any of them, his or her attorneys
or attorney, with full power of substitution, to execute in his or her name
an Annual Report of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended December 28, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to
file it or them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney
shall have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act 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
such attorneys.


     DATE                                    SIGNATURE


February 7, 1997                        /S/ DAVID P. MEHNEY






























                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby
appoint GEOFFREY B. BLOOM; TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN; STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR.;
BLAKE W. KRUEGER; and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any of them, his or her attorneys
or attorney, with full power of substitution, to execute in his or her name
an Annual Report of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended December 28, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to
file it or them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney
shall have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act 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
such attorneys.


     DATE                                    SIGNATURE


February 7, 1997                        /S/ TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN






























                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby
appoint GEOFFREY B. BLOOM; TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN; STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR.;
BLAKE W. KRUEGER; and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any of them, his or her attorneys
or attorney, with full power of substitution, to execute in his or her name
an Annual Report of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended December 28, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to
file it or them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney
shall have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act 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
such attorneys.


     DATE                                    SIGNATURE


February 9, 1997                        /S/ JOSEPH A. PARINI






























                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby
appoint GEOFFREY B. BLOOM; TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN; STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR.;
BLAKE W. KRUEGER; and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any of them, his or her attorneys
or attorney, with full power of substitution, to execute in his or her name
an Annual Report of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended December 28, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to
file it or them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney
shall have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act 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
such attorneys.


     DATE                                    SIGNATURE


March 19, 1997                     /S/ JOAN PARKER






























                             POWER OF ATTORNEY


          The undersigned, in his or her capacity as a director or officer,
or both, as the case may be, of Wolverine World Wide, Inc., does hereby
appoint GEOFFREY B. BLOOM; TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN; STEPHEN L. GULIS, JR.;
BLAKE W. KRUEGER; and JEFFREY A. OTT, or any of them, his or her attorneys
or attorney, with full power of substitution, to execute in his or her name
an Annual Report of Wolverine World Wide, Inc. on Form 10-K for its fiscal
year ended December 28, 1996, and any amendments to that report, and to
file it or them with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Each attorney
shall have power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf
of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act 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
such attorneys.


     DATE                                    SIGNATURE


February 10, 1997                       /S/ ELIZABETH A. SANDERS