POWERS OF ATTORNEY
Published on May 2, 1997
Exhibit 25.1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and
officers of Ball Corporation, an Indiana corporation, hereby constitute and
appoint R. David Hoover, Albert R. Schlesinger, and George A. Sissel, and any
one or all of them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the
undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and attorneys-in-fact,
and in any one or more of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their
respective names as directors and officers of the Corporation the S-8
Registration Statement of the Corporation to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the Securities Exchange Act of
1933, as amended, and to sign any amendment or amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such S-8 Registration Statement
in the matter of the Corporation's 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, hereby ratifying
and confirming all acts taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact or any one of
them, as herein authorized.
Dated: April 30, 1997
/S/ R. David Hoover /S/ Frank A. Bracken
R. David Hoover Officer Frank A. Bracken Director
/S/ Albert R. Schlesinger /S/ Howard M. Dean
Albert R. Schlesinger Officer Howard M. Dean Director
/S/ George A. Sissel /S/ John T. Hackett
George A. Sissel Officer John T. Hackett Director
/S/ R. David Hoover
R. David Hoover Director
/S/ John F. Lehman
John F. Lehman Director
/S/ George McFadden
George McFadden Director
/S/ Ruel C. Mercure, Jr.
Ruel C. Mercure, Jr. Director
/S/ Jan Nicholson
Jan Nicholson Director
/S/ George A. Sissel
George A. Sissel Director
/S/ William P. Stiritz
William P. Stiritz Director