EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned officers and Directors of Oglebay Norton Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
which proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or such other form as may be applicable) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the merger of the
Company with and into a to-be-formed Ohio corporation in order to cause the reincorporation of the Company in Ohio and with respect to the other proposals to be presented by the Company at its 2001 Annual Stockholders meeting, hereby constitutes and
appoints David H. Kelsey, Michael F. Biehl and Rochelle F. Walk, and each of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, as agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacity, to sign
in any and all capacities and file (1) such registration statement with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, (2) any and all amendments, post-effective amendments and supplements thereto, and (3) any and all applications or
other documents pertaining to such securities or such registration, granting unto such attorney-in-fact and agent 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 and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney has been signed in the respective capacities and on the respective dates indicated below.
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ JOHN
N. LAUER
JOHN
N. LAUER
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Chairman of the Board,
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer) |
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December 12, 2000 |
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/s/ DAVID
H. KELSEY
DAVID
H. KELSEY
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Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer) |
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December 11, 2000 |
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/s/ MICHAEL
F. BIEHL
Michael F. Biehl |
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Principal Accounting Officer |
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December 7, 2000 |
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/s/ JAMES
T. BARTLETT
James T. Bartlett |
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Director |
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December 7, 2000 |
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/s/ ALBERT
C. BERSTICKER
Albert C. Bersticker |
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Director |
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December 12, 2000 |
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/s/ WILLIAM
G. PRYOR
William G. Pryor |
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Director |
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December 11, 2000 |
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/s/ MADELEINE
W. LUDLOW
Madeleine W. Ludlow |
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Director |
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December 12, 2000 |
Signature
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Title
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Date
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/s/ MALVIN
E. BANK
Malvin E. Bank |
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Director |
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December 12, 2000 |
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/s/ WILLIAM
G. BARES
William G. Bares |
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Director |
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December 12, 2000 |
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/s/ JOHN
D. WEIL
John D. Weil |
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Director |
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December 12, 2000 |
