1 EXHIBIT 24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors, individually and collectively, hereby constitute and appoint Helen M. Feeney, Lawrence B. Frost and Michael T. Vollkommer, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys and agents to execute and deliver on behalf of any one or more of them, in any one or more of their various capacities as officer or director of the registrant, a registration statement covering shares of Alumax Inc. Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, (and the stock purchase rights relating thereto) issuable pursuant to the 1993 Long Term Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated and as Further Amended on October 3, 1996) and any and all required amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto, for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, and each of them, granting unto said attorneys and agents, and each of them, 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, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys and agents, and each of them, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has signed his or her name hereto on the date set opposite his or her name. May 29, 1997 /s/ Allen Born ------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Born, as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive and Financial Officer) 2 May 29, 1997 /s/ Kevin J. Krakora ------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin J. Krakora, as Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) May 29, 1997 /s/ J. Dennis Bonney ------------------------------------------------------------- J. Dennis Bonney, as Director May 29, 1997 /s/ Harold Brown ------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Brown, as Director May 29, 1997 /s/ L. Don Brown ------------------------------------------------------------- L. Don Brown, as Director May 29, 1997 /s/ Pierre Des Marais II ------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre Des Marais II, as Director May 29, 1997 /s/ James C. Huntington, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------- James C. Huntington, Jr., as Director May 29, 1997 /s/ W. Loeber Landau ------------------------------------------------------------- W. Loeber Landau, as Director May 29, 1997 /s/ Paul W. MacAvoy ------------------------------------------------------------- Paul W. MacAvoy, as Director May 29, 1997 /s/ Anne Wexler ------------------------------------------------------------- Anne Wexler, as Director