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, 1998, 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, 1999


                                                   /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, 1998, 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, 1999


                                                    /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, 1998, 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, 1999


                                                    /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, 1998, 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, 1999


                                                      /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, 1998, 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, 1999


                                                   /s/ Kenneth R. Rossano
                                            ------------------------------------
                                                       Kenneth R. Rossano