POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

The undersigned Director of Hooper Holmes, Inc., a New York corporation (the 
"Company"), which proposes to file a Form 10-K Annual Report pursuant to Section
13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for the fiscal year ended 
December 31, 1997, hereby appoints James M. McNamee and Robert William Jewett,
or either of them, his attorneys in fact, and hereby grants to him, for him and
in his name as such Director, full power and authority as his agent or agents
and in his place and stead:

        1.      to sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent
                amendment thereto, and any and all other amendments or
                documents related thereto which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or proper; and

        2.      to perform every other act which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or appropriate in
                connection with such Annual Report or any amendments thereto.


DATED:  March 30, 1998
                                            /s/ Benjamin A. Currier    
                                         ------------------------------
                                              Benjamin A. Currier

 
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

The undersigned Director of Hooper Holmes, Inc., a New York corporation (the 
"Company"), which proposes to file a Form 10-K Annual Report pursuant to Section
13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for the fiscal year ended 
December 31, 1997, hereby appoints James M. McNamee and Robert William Jewett,
or either of them, his attorneys in fact, and hereby grants to him, for him and
in his name as such Director, full power and authority as his agent or agents
and in his place and stead:

        1.      to sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent
                amendment thereto, and any and all other amendments or
                documents related thereto which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or proper; and

        2.      to perform every other act which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or appropriate in
                connection with such Annual Report or any amendments thereto.


DATED:  March 30, 1998
                                            /s/ John E. Nolan
                                         ------------------------------
                                              John E. Nolan


 
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

The undersigned Director of Hooper Holmes, Inc., a New York corporation (the 
"Company"), which proposes to file a Form 10-K Annual Report pursuant to Section
13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for the fiscal year ended 
December 31, 1997, hereby appoints James M. McNamee and Robert William Jewett,
or either of them, his attorneys in fact, and hereby grants to him, for him and
in his name as such Director, full power and authority as his agent or agents
and in his place and stead:

        1.      to sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent
                amendment thereto, and any and all other amendments or
                documents related thereto which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or proper; and

        2.      to perform every other act which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or appropriate in
                connection with such Annual Report or any amendments thereto.


DATED:  March 30, 1998
                                            /s/ Quentin J. Kennedy
                                         ------------------------------
                                              Quentin J. Kennedy


 
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

The undersigned Director of Hooper Holmes, Inc., a New York corporation (the 
"Company"), which proposes to file a Form 10-K Annual Report pursuant to Section
13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for the fiscal year ended 
December 31, 1997, hereby appoints James M. McNamee and Robert William Jewett,
or either of them, his attorneys in fact, and hereby grants to him, for him and
in his name as such Director, full power and authority as his agent or agents
and in his place and stead:

        1.      to sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent
                amendment thereto, and any and all other amendments or
                documents related thereto which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or proper; and

        2.      to perform every other act which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or appropriate in
                connection with such Annual Report or any amendments thereto.


DATED:  March 30, 1998
                                            /s/ G. Earle Wight
                                         ------------------------------
                                              G. Earle Wight


 
 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

The undersigned Director of Hooper Holmes, Inc., a New York corporation (the 
"Company"), which proposes to file a Form 10-K Annual Report pursuant to Section
13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for the fiscal year ended 
December 31, 1997, hereby appoints James M. McNamee and Robert William Jewett,
or either of them, his attorneys in fact, and hereby grants to him, for him and
in his name as such Director, full power and authority as his agent or agents
and in his place and stead:

        1.      to sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent
                amendment thereto, and any and all other amendments or
                documents related thereto which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or proper; and

        2.      to perform every other act which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or appropriate in
                connection with such Annual Report or any amendments thereto.


DATED:  March 30, 1998
                                            /s/ Kenneth R. Rossano  
                                         ------------------------------
                                              Kenneth R. Rossano  


 
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

The undersigned Director of Hooper Holmes, Inc., a New York corporation (the 
"Company"), which proposes to file a Form 10-K Annual Report pursuant to Section
13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for the fiscal year ended 
December 31, 1997, hereby appoints James M. McNamee and Robert William Jewett,
or either of them, his attorneys in fact, and hereby grants to him, for him and
in his name as such Director, full power and authority as his agent or agents
and in his place and stead:

        1.      to sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent
                amendment thereto, and any and all other amendments or
                documents related thereto which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or proper; and

        2.      to perform every other act which any of said attorneys in fact,
                in his discretion, may deem necessary or appropriate in
                connection with such Annual Report or any amendments thereto.


DATED:  March 30, 1998
                                         /s/ Elaine La Monica Rigolosi 
                                         ------------------------------
                                            Elaine La Monica Rigolosi