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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ William L. Armstrong
----------------------------
William L. Armstrong
119
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ William H. Bolinder
-------------------------
William H. Bolinder
120
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ Steven M. Gluckstern
------------------------
Steven M. Gluckstern
121
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ Charlotte M. Heffner
------------------------
Charlotte M. Heffner
122
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ Hugh B. Jacks
-----------------------
Hugh B. Jacks
123
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ William B. Johnson
------------------------
William B. Johnson
124
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ Hugh O. Maclellan, Jr.
---------------------------
Hugh O. Maclellan, Jr.
125
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ A. S. (Pat) MacMillan
--------------------------
A. S. (Pat) MacMillan
126
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ C. William Pollard
-----------------------
C. William Pollard
127
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ Scott L. Probasco, Jr.
---------------------------
Scott L. Probasco, Jr.
128
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ Steven S Reinemund
----------------------
Steven S Reinemund
129
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, 1997, 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 26, 1998.
/s/ Burton E. Sorensen
-----------------------
Burton E. Sorensen
130