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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
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              KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned
directors and officers of BRUSH WELLMAN INC., an Ohio corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitutes and appoints Gordon D. Harnett, Clark G.
Waite, Michael C. Hasychak, Leigh B. Trevor and Louis Rorimer, and each of
them, their true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact, with full power of
substitution and revocation, for them and in their names, place and stead, to
sign on their behalf as a director or officer, or both, as the case may be, of
the Corporation, an Annual Report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 1993, and to sign any and all amendments to such Annual Report, 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 or attorneys-in-fact, 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 they might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney or
attorneys-in-fact or any of them or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands
as of the 7th day of February, 1995.



                                                                        
                                                                                      
/s/ Gordon D. Harnett                             /s/ Gerald C. McDonough                   
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Gordon D. Harnett, Chairman, President,           Gerald C. McDonough, Director             
Chief Executive Officer and Director                                                        
(Principal Executive Officer)                                                               
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
/s/ Albert C. Bersticker                          /s/ Robert M. McInnes                      
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Albert C. Bersticker, Director                    Robert M. McInnes, Director               
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
/s/ Charles F. Brush, III                         /s/ Henry G. Piper                           
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Charles F. Brush, III, Director                   Henry G. Piper, Director                  
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
/s/ Frank B. Carr                                 /s/ John Sherwin, Jr.                       
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Frank B. Carr,  Director                          John Sherwin, Jr., Director               
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
/s/ William P. Madar                              /s/ Clark G. Waite                           
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William P. Madar, Director                        Clark G. Waite, Director 



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/s/ Julien L. McCall                              /s/ Carl Cramer      
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Julien L. McCall, Director                        Carl Cramer, Vice President
                                                  Finance and Chief Financial Officer
                                                  (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)