POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned Director of A. Schulman, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a
Delaware corporation, which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form  S-8, hereby constitutes and
appoints TERRY L. HAINES, JAMES H. BERICK and ROBERT A. STEFANKO, and each of
them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or
attorney to sign for the undersigned and in my name, place and stead, as
Director of said Corporation, said Registration Statement and any and all
amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and documents to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to such
Registration Statement, with full power and authority to do and perform any and
all acts and things whatsoever requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in
the premises, as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned could
do if personally present, hereby approving the acts of said attorneys, and any
of them and any such substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of October,
1999.


                              /s/ Alan L. Ockene
                              ---------------------------------
                              Alan L. Ockene






                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned Director of A. Schulman, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a
Delaware corporation, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form  S-8, hereby
constitutes and appoints TERRY L. HAINES, JAMES H. BERICK and ROBERT A.
STEFANKO, and each of them, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned and in
my name, place and stead, as Director of said Corporation, said Registration
Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all
applications and documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pertaining to such Registration Statement, with full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite,
necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and for all
intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present,
hereby approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any such
substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of
October, 1999.

                              /s/ Dr. Peggy Gordon Elliott
                              -----------------------------
                              Dr. Peggy Gordon Elliott






                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY

                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned Director of A. Schulman, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a
Delaware corporation, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form  S-8, hereby
constitutes and appoints TERRY L. HAINES, JAMES H. BERICK and ROBERT A.
STEFANKO, and each of them, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned and in
my name, place and stead, as Director of said Corporation, said Registration
Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all
applications and documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pertaining to such Registration Statement, with full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite,
necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and for all
intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present,
hereby approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any such
substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of
October, 1999.


                              /s/ Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
                              -----------------------------
                              Dr. Paul Craig Roberts





                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned Director of A. Schulman, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a
Delaware corporation, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form  S-8, hereby
constitutes and appoints TERRY L. HAINES, JAMES H. BERICK and ROBERT A.
STEFANKO, and each of them, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned and in
my name, place and stead, as Director of said Corporation, said Registration
Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all
applications and documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pertaining to such Registration Statement, with full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite,
necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and for all
intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present,
hereby approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any such
substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of
October, 1999.


                              /s/ Rene C. Rombouts
                              -----------------------------
                              Rene C. Rombouts





                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned Director of A. Schulman, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a
Delaware corporation, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form  S-8, hereby
constitutes and appoints TERRY L. HAINES, JAMES H. BERICK and ROBERT A.
STEFANKO, and each of them, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned and in
my name, place and stead, as Director of said Corporation, said Registration
Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all
applications and documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pertaining to such Statement, with full power and authority to do
and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite, necessary or
advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and for all intents and
purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby approving
the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any such substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of
October, 1999.


                              /s/ Willard R. Holland
                              --------------------------
                              Willard R. Holland





                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned Director of A. Schulman, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a
Delaware corporation, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form  S-8, hereby
constitutes and appoints TERRY L. HAINES, JAMES H. BERICK and ROBERT A.
STEFANKO, and each of them, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned and in
my name, place and stead, as Director of said Corporation, said Registration
Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all
applications and documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pertaining to such Registration Statement, with full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite,
necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and for all
intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present,
hereby approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any such
substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of
October, 1999.


                              /s/ James A. Karman
                              ----------------------------
                              James A. Karman





                                  POWER OF ATTORNEY


     The undersigned Director of A. Schulman, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a
Delaware corporation, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form  S-8, hereby
constitutes and appoints TERRY L. HAINES, JAMES H. BERICK and ROBERT A.
STEFANKO, and each of them, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned and in
my name, place and stead, as Director of said Corporation, said Registration
Statement and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all
applications and documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pertaining to such Registration Statement, with full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite,
necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and for all
intents and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present,
hereby approving the acts of said attorneys, and any of them and any such
substitute.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of
October, 1999.


                              /s/ James S. Marlen
                              ------------------------------
                              James S. Marlen