EXHIBIT 24
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/John T. Baldwin
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/John B. Blystone
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/Charles R. Carson
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/William S. Dietrich, II
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/John F. Havens
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/Peter Karmanos, Jr.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/Pete A. Klisares
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/Katherine S. LeVeque
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/Donal H. Malenick
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/John H. McConnell
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/John P. McConnell
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/Robert B. McCurry
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/Charles D. Minor
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/Gerald B. Mitchell
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/James Petropoulos
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or
director of Worthington Industries, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is
about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C.,
under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1934, on Form S-3 constitutes
and appoints Donal H. Malenick, Donald G. Barger, Jr. and Dale T. Brinkman,
his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act
without the other, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign such Annual Report 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 27th
day of February, 1998.
/s/Michael R. Sayre
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