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|F O R M 3| Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP |OMB Number 3235-0104|
|Expires: September 30,1998|
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchanged Act of 1934, |Estimated ave. burden |
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or |hours per response.....0.5|
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act 1940 ----------------------------
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|1.Name and Address of Reporting Person* |2.Date of Event |4.Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol |
| | Requiring Statement | |
|Thomas Mark E | (Month/Day/Year) | ITT CORPORATION (ITT) |
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| (Last) (First) (MI)| 06/10/1997 |5.Relationship of Reporting Person to |6.If Amendment, Date of |
| | | Issuer (Check all Applicable) | Original (Mon/Day/Year)|
| 1330 Avenue of the Americas | | | |
| |-----------------------| Director 10% Owner | |
| |3.IRS or Soc. Sec. No. |--- --- |-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| of Reporting Person | |7.Individual or Joint/ |
| (Street) | (Voluntary) | X Officer Other | Group Filing |
| | |---(give title below)---(Specify below)| (Check Applicable Line)|
| | | | X Form filed by One |
|New York NY 10019-5490| | |--- Reporting Person |
| | | | Form filed by More |
| | | |--- than Reporting Person|
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| (City) (State) (Zip) |
| TABLE I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) |2.Amount of Securities |3.Ownership |4.Nature of Indirect Beneficial |
| | Beneficially Owned | Form: | Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| | (Instr. 4) | Direct (D) | |
| | | or Indirect | |
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|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
| Common Stock (ISP) (01) | 482 | I | In Trust |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities owned directly or indirectly. SEC 1473 (7-96)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
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FORM 3 (continued) TABLE II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible security)
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|1.Title of |2.Date Exercisable and |3.Title and Amount of Underlying |4.Conversion or |5. |6.Nature of |
| Derivative | Expiration Date | Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | Exercise Price |Own. | Indirect |
| Security | (Month/Day/Year) | | of Derivative |Form | Beneficial |
| (Instr. 4) | | | Security |of | Ownership |
| | | | |Deri.| (Instr. 5) |
| | | | |Sec. | |
| | | | |Dir. | |
| | | | |(D) | |
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| |Date |Expiration | |Amount or Number | |Ind. | |
| |Exercisable |Date | Title |of Shares | |(I) | |
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----|---------------|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |<C> |
|Stock Option | 07/26/1995 | 07/28/2004 |Common Stock | 32,640 | $36.0000 | D | |
|(Right to Buy) (02)| (03) | | | | | | |
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|Stock Option | 10/11/1995 | 10/13/2004 |Common Stock | 9,555 | $35.1700 | D | |
|(Right to Buy) (02)| (03) | | | | | | |
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|Stock Option | 05/09/1996 | 05/11/2005 |Common Stock | 9,555 | $45.5300 | D | |
|(Right to Buy) (02)| (03) | | | | | | |
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|Stock Option | 02/06/1997 | 02/08/2006 |Common Stock | 20,000 | $55.8800 | D | |
|(Right to Buy) (02)| (03) | | | | | | |
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|Stock Option | 02/04/1998 | 02/06/2007 |Common Stock | 21,700 | $56.7500 | D | |
|(Right to Buy) (02)| (03) | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(01) Shares held under the ITT 401(k) Retirement Plan, as of 5/31/97 plan statement.
(02) Options acquired under a Rule 16b-3 plan.
(03) Exercisable in three equal annual installments
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal /s/Mark E. Thomas 06/18/1997
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 1473 (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.
Thomas, Mark ITT CORPORATION 06/10/1997 PAGE: 2 OF 2
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