EXHIBIT 24.1



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the undersigned officers and/or
directors of Sun Company, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, do and each of them
does, hereby constitute and appoint Robert M. Aiken, Jr., Thomas W. Hofmann and
Jack L. Foltz, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them with full power to act without the others, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, to sign the Sun Company, Inc. Form 10-K for the year
ending December 31, 1997 and any and all future amendments thereto; and to file
said Form 10-K and any such amendments with all exhibits thereto, and any and
all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands and seals
this 5th day of March, 1998.



s/ROBERT M. AIKEN, JR.                s/THOMAS W. HOFMANN
Robert M. Aiken, Jr.                  Thomas W. Hofmann
Executive Vice President &            Comptroller
   Chief Financial Officer            (Principal Accounting Officer)
(Principal Financial Officer)

s/ROBERT H. CAMPBELL                  s/JAMES G. KAISER
Robert H. Campbell                    James G. Kaiser 
Chairman & Chief Executive            Director
  Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

s/RAYMOND E. CARTLEDGE                s/ROBERT D. KENNEDY  
Raymond E. Cartledge                  Robert D. Kennedy    
Director                              Director

s/ROBERT E. CAWTHORN                  s/R. ANDERSON PEW 
Robert E. Cawthorn                    R. Anderson Pew    
Director                              Director

s/JOHN G. DROSDICK                    s/WILLIAM F. POUNDS      
John G. Drosdick                      William F. Pounds          
President & Chief                     Director                  
  Operating Officer

s/MARY J. EVANS                       s/ALEXANDER B. TROWBRIDGE
Mary J. Evans                         Alexander B. Trowbridge 
Director                              Director

s/THOMAS P. GERRITY
Thomas P. Gerrity
Director