Exhibit (24)
Powers of Attorney
(attached)
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR OF
PROVIDENT COMPANIES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Provident
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Harold Chandler or Susan N. Roth,
as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to do any and all acts and things and execute,
for him and in his name, place and stead, said form and any and all amendments
thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of March 21, 1997.
/s/William L. Armstrong
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William L. Armstrong
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR OF
PROVIDENT COMPANIES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Provident
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Harold Chandler or Susan N. Roth,
as her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to do any and all acts and things and execute,
for her and in her name, place and stead, said form and any and all amendments
thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of March 21, 1997.
/s/Charlotte M. Heffner
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Charlotte M. Heffner
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR OF
PROVIDENT COMPANIES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Provident
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Harold Chandler or Susan N. Roth,
as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to do any and all acts and things and execute,
for him and in his name, place and stead, said form and any and all amendments
thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of March 21, 1997.
/s/Hugh B. Jacks
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Hugh B. Jacks
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR OF
PROVIDENT COMPANIES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Provident
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Harold Chandler or Susan N. Roth,
as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to do any and all acts and things and execute,
for him and in his name, place and stead, said form and any and all amendments
thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of March 21, 1997.
/s/William B. Johnson
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William B. Johnson
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR OF
PROVIDENT COMPANIES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Provident
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Harold Chandler or Susan N. Roth,
as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to do any and all acts and things and execute,
for him and in his name, place and stead, said form and any and all amendments
thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of March 21, 1997.
/s/Hugh O. Maclellan, Jr.
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Hugh O. Maclellan, Jr.
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR OF
PROVIDENT COMPANIES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Provident
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Harold Chandler or Susan N. Roth,
as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to do any and all acts and things and execute,
for him and in his name, place and stead, said form and any and all amendments
thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of March 21, 1997.
/s/A. S. (Pat) MacMillan
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A. S. (Pat) MacMillan
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR OF
PROVIDENT COMPANIES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Provident
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Harold Chandler or Susan N. Roth,
as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to do any and all acts and things and execute,
for him and in his name, place and stead, said form and any and all amendments
thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of March 21, 1997.
/s/C. William Pollard
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C. William Pollard
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR OF
PROVIDENT COMPANIES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Provident
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Harold Chandler or Susan N. Roth,
as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to do any and all acts and things and execute,
for him and in his name, place and stead, said form and any and all amendments
thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of March 21, 1997.
/s/Scott L. Probasco, Jr.
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Scott L. Probasco, Jr.
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR OF
PROVIDENT COMPANIES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Provident
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Harold Chandler or Susan N. Roth,
as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to do any and all acts and things and execute,
for him and in his name, place and stead, said form and any and all amendments
thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of March 21, 1997.
/s/Steve S Reinemund
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Steven S Reinemund
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTOR OF
PROVIDENT COMPANIES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of
Provident Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1996, hereby constitutes and appoints J. Harold Chandler or Susan N. Roth,
as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to do any and all acts and things and execute,
for him and in his name, place and stead, said form and any and all amendments
thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agent, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney as of March 21, 1997.
Burton E. Sorensen
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Burton E. Sorensen