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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24



                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.




                                                 /s/ H. L. Fuller
                                                 ----------------
                                                  H. L. Fuller


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.




                                                 /s/ W. G. Lowrie
                                                 ----------------
                                                 W. G. Lowrie


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.





                                                 /s/ J. L. Carl
                                                 --------------
                                                 J. L. Carl
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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.




                                                 /s/ Judith G. Boynton
                                                 ---------------------
                                                 Judith G. Boynton


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.




                                                 /s/ D. R. Beall
                                                 ---------------
                                                 D. R. Beall 


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.




                                                 /s/ Ruth Block
                                                 --------------
                                                 Ruth Block


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.




                                                 /s/ J. H. Bryan
                                                 ---------------
                                                 J. H. Bryan


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.




                                                 /s/ E. B. Davis, Jr.
                                                 --------------------
                                                 E. B. Davis, Jr.



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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Richard Ferris
                                                 ------------------
                                                 Richard Ferris


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.




                                                 /s/ F. A. Maljers
                                                 -----------------
                                                 F. A. Maljers


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.




                                                 /s/ A. C. Martinez
                                                 ------------------
                                                 A. C. Martinez



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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.


                                                 /s/ W. E. Massey
                                                 ----------------
                                                 W. E. Massey


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Martha R. Seger
                                                 -------------------
                                                 Martha R. Seger


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.




                                                 /s/ T. M. Solso
                                                 ---------------
                                                 T. M. Solso


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                              AMOCO CORPORATION


                              POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints H. L. Fuller, W. G. Lowrie and J. L. Carl, and each of them, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Corporation registration
statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments)
relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to U.S. $300,000,000 in
principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute
or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.



                                                 /s/ Michael Wilson
                                                 ------------------
                                                 Michael Wilson



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                                AMOCO COMPANY

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints J. L. Carl, W. R. Hutchinson and D. B. Pinkert, and each of them, his 
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of 
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place 
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Company 
registration statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective 
amendments) relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to 
$300,000,000 in principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.


                                      /s/ J. L. Carl
                                      ---------------------------
                                Name: J. L. Carl
                                      ---------------------------




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                                AMOCO COMPANY

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints J. L. Carl, W. R. Hutchinson and D. B. Pinkert, and each of them, his 
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of 
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place 
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Company 
registration statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective 
amendments) relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to 
$300,000,000 in principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.


                                      /s/ W. R. Hutchinson
                                      ------------------------
                                Name: W. R. Hutchinson
                                      ---------------------------


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                                AMOCO COMPANY

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints J. L. Carl, W. R. Hutchinson and D. B. Pinkert, and each of them, his 
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of 
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place 
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Company 
registration statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective 
amendments) relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to 
$300,000,000 in principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.


                                      /s/ Judith G. Boynton
                                      ---------------------------
                                Name: Judith G. Boynton
                                      ---------------------------


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                                AMOCO COMPANY

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints J. L. Carl, W. R. Hutchinson and D. B. Pinkert, and each of them, his 
or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of 
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place 
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all Amoco Company 
registration statements and amendments thereto (including post-effective 
amendments) relating to issuance or guarantee of an aggregate of up to 
$300,000,000 in principal amount of debt securities, and to file the same, with
all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent, 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 or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this power of attorney
on the 23rd day of September, 1997.


                                      /s/ D. B. Pinkert
                                      ---------------------------
                                Name: D. B. Pinkert
                                      ---------------------------