POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                      /s/ HAROLD BROWN
                                   ______________________________
                                          Harold Brown




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                     /s/ JAMES E. BURKE
                                   ______________________________
                                         James E. Burke




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                   /s/ THOMAS F. FRIST, JR.
                                   ______________________________
                                       Thomas F. Frist, Jr.




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                      /s/  FRITZ GERBER
                                   ______________________________
                                           Fritz Gerber




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                    /s/ LOUIS V. GERSTNER, JR.
                                   ______________________________
                                        Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                    /s/ JUDITH RICHARDS HOPE
                                   ______________________________
                                        Judith Richards Hope





                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                    /s/ NANNERL O. KEOHANE
                                   ______________________________
                                        Nannerl O. Keohane




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                     /s/  CHARLES F. KNIGHT
                                   ______________________________
                                          Charles F. Knight




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                      /s/ THOMAS S. MURPHY
                                   ______________________________
                                          Thomas S. Murphy




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                        /s/  JOHN R. OPEL
                                   ______________________________
                                             John R. Opel




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                      /s/  PAUL J. RIZZO
                                   ______________________________
                                           Paul J. Rizzo




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                      /s/ JOHN B. SLAUGHTER
                                   ______________________________
                                          John B. Slaughter




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                   /s/ LODEWIJK C. VAN WACHEM
                                   ______________________________
                                       Lodewijk C. Van Wachem




                POWER OF ATTORNEY OF IBM DIRECTOR



          KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the
undersigned director of International Business Machines
Corporation, a New York corporation, which will file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Law, an Annual Report for 1993 on
Form 10-K, hereby constitutes and appoints Louis V. Gerstner,
Jr., Jerome B. York, Lawrence A. Zimmerman, John E. Hickey and
Robert S. Stone his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them with full power to act without the
others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead,
in any and all capacities, to sign said 10-K Annual Report and
any and all amendments thereto, and to file them so signed, with
all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 22nd day of February 1994.



                                    /s/  EDGAR S. WOOLARD, JR.
                                   ______________________________
                                         Edgar S. Woolard, Jr.