EXHIBIT 24







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John T.
Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power to act without the other, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Annual Report
on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   John P. McConnell
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     John P. McConnell





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell, John T. Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   John H. McConnell
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     John H. McConnell





                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell, John T. Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   John S. Christie
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     John S. Christie






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power to act without the other, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign such Annual Report
on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and
agents or any of them or their or his substitute or substitutes may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   John T. Baldwin
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     John T. Baldwin






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell, John T. Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   Richard G. Welch
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     Richard G. Welch







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell, John T. Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   John B. Blystone
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     John B. Blystone






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell, John T. Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   William S. Dietrich, II
                                             --------------------------------
                                                     William S. Dietrich, II






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell, John T. Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   Michael J. Endres
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     Michael J. Endres






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell, John T. Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   Peter Karmanos, Jr.
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     Peter Karmanos, Jr.






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell, John T. Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   John R. Kasich
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     John R. Kasich






                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell, John T. Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   Sidney A. Ribeau
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     Sidney A. Ribeau







                                POWER OF ATTORNEY



         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., an Ohio corporation, which is about to
file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the
provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, its Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended May 31, 2002 constitutes and appoints John P.
McConnell, John T. Baldwin and Dale T. Brinkman, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the other, for him
or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign such Annual Report on Form 10-K and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents or any of them or their or his substitute or
substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 18
day of May, 2002.

                                               /s/   Mary Fackler Schiavo
                                             ----------------------------
                                                     Mary Fackler Schiavo