Exhibit 24


                          POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned certifies that he is a Director of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

          The undersigned hereby appoints each of A. C. Brennan and J.
L. McGoldrick as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, to execute, on his behalf the foregoing Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), and to execute any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and to do all such other acts and execute all
such other documents which said attorneys may deem necessary or
desirable.



Dated this 17th day of July, 1995.



                                Signed: /s/  Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
                                        -----------------------------
                                        Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.





                          POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned certifies that he is a Director of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

          The undersigned hereby appoints each of A. C. Brennan and J.
L. McGoldrick as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, to execute, on his behalf the foregoing Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), and to execute any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and to do all such other acts and execute all
such other documents which said attorneys may deem necessary or
desirable.



Dated this 17th day of July, 1995.


                                    Signed: /s/  Robert E. Allen
                                           -----------------------------
                                           Robert E. Allen





                          POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned certifies that he is a Director of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

          The undersigned hereby appoints each of A. C. Brennan and J.
L. McGoldrick as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, to execute, on his behalf the foregoing Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), and to execute any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and to do all such other acts and execute all
such other documents which said attorneys may deem necessary or
desirable.



Dated this 17th day of July, 1995.


                                       Signed: /s/  Michael E. Autera
                                               -------------------------
                                               Michael E. Autera




                          POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned certifies that he is a Director of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

          The undersigned hereby appoints each of A. C. Brennan and J.
L. McGoldrick as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, to execute, on his behalf the foregoing Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), and to execute any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and to do all such other acts and execute all
such other documents which said attorneys may deem necessary or
desirable.


Dated this 17th day of July, 1995.

                                        Signed: /s/  Ellen V. Futter
                                               -----------------------
                                               Ellen V. Futter






                          POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned certifies that he is a Director of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

          The undersigned hereby appoints each of A. C. Brennan and J.
L. McGoldrick as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, to execute, on his behalf the foregoing Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), and to execute any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and to do all such other acts and execute all
such other documents which said attorneys may deem necessary or
desirable.



Dated this 17th day of July, 1995.

                                       Signed: /s/  Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.
                                               ---------------------------
                                               Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.




                          POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned certifies that he is a Director of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

          The undersigned hereby appoints each of A. C. Brennan and J.
L. McGoldrick as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, to execute, on his behalf the foregoing Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), and to execute any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and to do all such other acts and execute all
such other documents which said attorneys may deem necessary or
desirable.


Dated this 17th day of July, 1995.

                                          Signed: /s/  John D. Macomber
                                                 -----------------------
                                                 John D. Macomber




                          POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned certifies that he is a Director of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

          The undersigned hereby appoints each of A. C. Brennan and J.
L. McGoldrick as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, to execute, on his behalf the foregoing Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), and to execute any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and to do all such other acts and execute all
such other documents which said attorneys may deem necessary or
desirable.


Dated this 17th day of July, 1995.

                                          Signed: /s/  John D. Macomber
                                                 -----------------------
                                                 John D. Macomber



                          POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned certifies that he is a Director of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

          The undersigned hereby appoints each of A. C. Brennan and J.
L. McGoldrick as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, to execute, on his behalf the foregoing Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), and to execute any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and to do all such other acts and execute all
such other documents which said attorneys may deem necessary or
desirable.



Dated this 17th day of July, 1995.



                                       Signed: /s/  James D. Robinson III
                                               ---------------------------
                                                James D. Robinson III




                          POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned certifies that he is a Director of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

          The undersigned hereby appoints each of A. C. Brennan and J.
L. McGoldrick as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, to execute, on his behalf the foregoing Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), and to execute any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and to do all such other acts and execute all
such other documents which said attorneys may deem necessary or
desirable.



Dated this 17th day of July, 1995.


                                         Signed: /s/  Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.
                                                -----------------------------
                                                 Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.





                          POWER OF ATTORNEY



          The undersigned certifies that he is a Director of
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

          The undersigned hereby appoints each of A. C. Brennan and J.
L. McGoldrick as his attorneys-in-fact, each with the power of
substitution, to execute, on his behalf the foregoing Registration
Statement on Form S-3, for filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), and to execute any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and to do all such other acts and execute all
such other documents which said attorneys may deem necessary or
desirable.



Dated this 17th day of July, 1995.



                                        Signed: /s/  Kenneth E. Weg
                                                -------------------
                                                 Kenneth E. Weg