1 EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY I, the undersigned Director and/or Officer of New Rockwell International Corporation (to be renamed Rockwell International Corporation), a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby constitute WILLIAM J. CALISE, JR., EDWARD T. MOEN, II and PETER R. KOLYER, and each of them singly, my true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them to sign for me, and in my name and in the capacity or capacities indicated below, (1) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996 and any amendments thereto; (2) Registration Statements and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, debt securities of the Company in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000,000; and (3) a Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto for the purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, securities to be sold pursuant to the Allen-Bradley Company Savings and Investment Plan for Represented Hourly Employees; and (4) any and all amendments (including supplements and post-effective amendments) to (a) the Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering securities to be sold under the Company's 1995 Long-Term Incentives Plan, 1988 Long-Term Incentives Plan and 1979 Stock Plan for Key Employees (Registration No. 333-17055); and (b) the Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering securities to be sold pursuant to the Company's Savings Plan, as amended, the Company's Retirement Savings Plan for Certain Employees, as amended, the Allen-Bradley Company Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees, as amended, the Allen-Bradley Company Savings and Investment Plan for Hourly Employees, as amended, and the Reliance Electric Company Savings and Investment Plan, as amended (Registration No. 333-17031). SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /S/ DONALD R. BEALL Chairman of the Board and December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- Chief Executive Officer (Donald R. Beall) (principal executive officer) and Director /S/ DON H. DAVIS, JR. Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (Don H. Davis, Jr.) /S/ LEW ALLEN, JR. Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (Lew Allen, Jr.) /S/ RICHARD M. BRESSLER Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (Richard M. Bressler) /S/ JOHN J. CREEDON Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (John J. Creedon) /S/ JUDITH L. ESTRIN Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (Judith L. Estrin) /S/ WILLIAM H. GRAY, III Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (William H. Gray, III) /S/ JAMES CLAYBURN LA FORCE, JR. Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (James Clayburn La Force, Jr.) 2 SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /S/ WILLIAM T. MCCORMICK, JR. Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (William T. McCormick, Jr.) /S/ JOHN D. NICHOLS Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (John D. Nichols) /S/ BRUCE M. ROCKWELL Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (Bruce M. Rockwell) /S/ WILLIAM S. SNEATH Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (William S. Sneath) /S/ JOSEPH F. TOOT, JR. Director December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (Joseph F. Toot, Jr.) /S/ W. M. BARNES Senior Vice President, December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- Finance & Planning and (W. M. Barnes) Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) /S/ LAWRENCE J. KOMATZ Vice President and Controller December 4, 1996 - ----------------------------------- (principal accounting officer) (Lawrence J. Komatz)