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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each undersigned director of Solutia Inc. (the "Company"), a
Delaware corporation, does hereby appoint Karl R. Barnickol and Karen L.
Knopf, each of them with full power to act without the other, as true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to sign on that undersigned director's
behalf the Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any Amendments thereto
to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933 covering the registration of securities of the
Company to be issued under the Solutia Inc. 2000 Stock-Based Incentive
Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each undersigned director has signed this
Power of Attorney as of this 26th day of April, 2000.
/s/ John C. Hunter /s/ Michael E. Miller
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John C. Hunter III Michael E. Miller
Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman and Director
Chief Executive Officer,
President, and Director
/s/ Robert T. Blakely /s/ Robert H. Jenkins
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Robert T. Blakely Robert H. Jenkins
Director Director
/s/ Paul H. Hatfield /s/ Frank A. Metz, Jr.
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Paul H. Hatfield Frank A. Metz, Jr.
Director Director
/s/ J. Patrick Mulcahy /s/ Robert G. Potter
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J. Patrick Mulcahy Robert G. Potter
Director Director
/s/ William D. Ruckelshaus /s/ John B. Slaughter
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William D. Ruckelshaus John B. Slaughter
Director Director
