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|F O R M 4| Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0287|
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |6.Relationship of Reporting Person to |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) |
|CROTTY GERALD C |ITT CORPORATION (ITT) | |
| | | Director 10% Owner |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)|3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |4.Statement for Month/ | X Officer Other |
| | of Reporting Person | Year |---(give title below) ---(Specify below)|
| 1330 Avenue of the Americas | (Voluntary) | | |
| | | August 1997 | |
| | | | Senior Vice President |
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| (Street) | |5.If Amendment, Date of |7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing |
| | | Original (Month/Year) | (Check Applicable Line) |
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|New York NY 10019-5490| | | X Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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| | | | Form filed by More than One |
| | | |--- Reporting Person |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) |
| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of or Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security |2.Transac- |3.Trans. |4.Security Acquired (A) or |5.Amount of |6. |7.Nature of Indirect|
| (Instr. 3) | tion Date | Code | Disposed of (D) | Securities |Own.| Beneficial |
| |(Mon/Day/Yr)|(Instr.8)| (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) | Beneficially |Form| Ownership |
| | |---------|-------------------------------| Owned at End of|(D) | (Instr. 4) |
| | | | | |(A) | | Month |or | |
| | |Code| V | Amount |(D) | Price | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(I) | |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|Common Stock | 08/08/1997 | M | V | 17528 | A | $.0000| | | |
| (01) | | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 08/08/1997 | M | V | 17409 | A | $.0000| | | |
| (01) | | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 08/08/1997 | M | V | 65279 | A | $.0000| | | |
| (01) | | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 08/08/1997 | S | | 33158 | D | $63.7100| | | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock | 08/08/1997 | F | V | 67058 | D | $.0000| 0 | D | |
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|-------------------------------|------------|----|----|----------------|----|---------|-----------------|----|--------------------|
|Common Stock (ISP) | | | | | | $.0000| 1157 | I |In Trust |
| (02) | | | | | | | | | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1474 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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FORM 4 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of|2.Conver-|3. |4.Tran- |5.Number of |6.Date |7.Title and Amount |8.Price of|9.Number |10. |11.Nature |
|Derivative|sion or |Trans| saction| Derivative |Exercisable| of Underlying |Derivative| of |Own.| of |
|Security |Exercise |Date | Code | Securities |and | Securities |Security |Derivative|Form|Indirect |
|(Instr. 3)|Price of |(Mon/|(Instr.8)| Acquired (A) or |Expiration | (Instr. 3 & 4) |(Instr. 5)|Securities|of |Beneficial|
| |Deriva- | Day/| | Disposed of (D) |Date | | |Benefi- |Deri|Ownership |
| |tive |Year)| | (Instr. 3, 4 & 5) |(Month/Day/| | |cially |Sec.|(Instr. 4)|
| |Security | | | | Year) | | |Owned at |Dir.| |
| | | | | |-----------|---------------------| |End of |(D) | |
| | | | | | | | |Amount or | |Month |or | |
| | | |---------|---------------------|Date |Exp. | Title |Number of | |(Instr. 4)|Ind.| |
| | | |Code| V | (A) | (D) |Exbl.|Date | |Shares | | |(I) | |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|Stock Opti| $19.5300|08/08| M | V | | 17528|02/12|12/14|Common Sto| 17528| | 0| D | |
|on (Righ| | 1997| | | | | 1993| 2001|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $22.6900|08/08| M | V | | 17409|02/11|02/13|Common Sto| 17409| | 0| D | |
|on (Righ| | 1997| | | | | 1995| 2002|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $35.2300|08/08| M | V | | 65279|09/06|10/16|Common Sto| 65279| | 0| D | |
|on (Righ| | 1997| | | | | 1995| 2003|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $35.1700| | | | | |08/14|10/13|Common Sto| 71662| | 71662| D | |
|on (Righ| | | | | | | 1995| 2004|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (03)| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $45.5300| | | | | |03/06|05/11|Common Sto| 71662| | 71662| D | |
|on (Righ| | | | | | | 1996| 2005|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| (03)| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $55.8800| | | | | | |02/08|Common Sto| 35000| | 35000| D | |
|on (Righ| | | | | | | | 2006|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | (04)| | | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
|Stock Opti| $56.7500| | | | | | |02/06|Common Sto| 43300| | 43300| D | |
|on (Righ| | | | | | | | 2007|ck | | | | | |
|t to Buy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | (05)| | | | | | | |
|----------|---------|-----|----|----|----------|----------|-----|-----|----------|----------|----------|----------|----|----------|
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Explanation of Responses:
(01) See Table 2 for exercise information.
(02) Shares held under the ITT 401(k) Retirement Plan (called ISP) as of 7/31/97 plan statement.
(03) Options acquired under a Rule 16b-3 plan.
(04) Options awarded under the ITT 1995 Incentive Stock Plan, a Rule 16b-3 plan, are exercisable after 2/6/2005 or after the
closing NYSE trading price for five or more consecutive trading days remains at or above $69.85 (as to two-thirds) and
$78.23 (as to remaining third).
(05) Options awarded under the ITT 1995 Incentive Stock Plan, a Rule 16b-3 plan, are exercisable after 2/4/2006 or after the
closing NYSE trading price for five or more consecutive trading days remains at or above $70.94 (as to two-thirds) and
$79.45 (as to remaining third).
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/GERALD C. CROTTY 09/08/1997
Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------------------ ----------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1474 (7-96)
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMD Number
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