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 January 2, 1999, 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 1, 1999                    /S/ DONALD V. FITES



























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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


January 25, 1999                   /S/ GEOFFREY B. BLOOM



























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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


January 26, 1999                   /S/ DANIEL T. CARROLL



























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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


January 25, 1999                   /S/ ALBERTO L. GRIMOLDI



























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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


January 21, 1999                   /S/ DAVID T. KOLLAT



























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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


January 21, 1999                   /S/ PHILLIP D. MATTHEWS



























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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


January 26, 1999                   /S/ DAVID P. MEHNEY



























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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


January 21, 1999                   /S/ TIMOTHY J. O'DONOVAN



























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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


January 22, 1999                   /S/ JOSEPH A. PARINI




























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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 2, 1999                   /S/ JOAN PARKER



























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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 2, 1999                   /S/ ELIZABETH A. SANDERS



























                                 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 January 2, 1999, 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


January 21, 1999                   /S/ PAUL D. SCHRAGE