1 EXHIBIT 24 2 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Officer and Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacities indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 26, 1994 /s/ J.G. Breen ------------------------------- J.G. BREEN Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Director 3 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Officer and Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacities indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 24, 1994 /s/ T.A. Commes ------------------------------ T.A. COMMES President and Chief Operating Officer, Director 4 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Officer of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacities indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 26, 1994 /s/ L.J. Pitorak ------------------------------- L.J. PITORAK Senior Vice President - Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer 5 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Officer of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacities indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 26, 1994 /s/ J.L. Ault ------------------------------- J.L. AULT Vice President - Corporate Controller 6 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 25, 1994 /s/ J.M. Biggar ---------------------------------- J.M. BIGGAR Director 7 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 25, 1994 /s/ L. Carter ------------------------------- L. CARTER Director 8 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 24, 1994 /s/ R.C. Doban ------------------------------ R.C. DOBAN Director 9 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 24, 1994 /s/ D.E. Evans ------------------------------ D.E. EVANS Director 10 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 26, 1994 /s/ W.G. Mitchell ------------------------------- W.G. MITCHELL Director 11 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 26, 1994 /s/ A.M. Mixon ------------------------------ A.M. MIXON Director 12 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 27, 1994 /s/ H.O. Petrauskas ------------------------------- H.O. PETRAUSKAS Director 13 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 26, 1994 /s/ R.E. Schey ----------------------------- R.E. SCHEY Director 14 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 25, 1994 /s/ R.K. Smucker ------------------------------- R.K. SMUCKER Director 15 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY ___________________________ The undersigned Director of The Sherwin-Williams Company, an Ohio corporation, which corporation anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Form S-8 for the purpose of filing a Registration Statement for its Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued pursuant to The Sherwin-Williams Company 1994 Stock Plan, hereby constitutes and appoints J.G. Breen, T.A. Commes, L.J. Pitorak and L.E. Stellato, or any of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for me and in my name, in the capacity indicated below, said proposed Registration Statement and any and all amendments, supplements, and exhibits thereto and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange pertaining thereto, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever required and necessary to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed the date set opposite my name. January 24, 1994 /s/ W.W. Williams ----------------------------- W.W. WILLIAMS Director