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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned Directors
of Alcoa Inc. (the "Company") hereby constitutes and appoints RICHARD B. KELSON,
TIMOTHY S. MOCK and LAWRENCE R. PURTELL, or any of them, his or her true and
lawful attorneys and agents to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem
necessary or advisable or may be required to enable the Company to comply with
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations or
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the registration under said Act of shares of common stock of the
Company to be issued and distributed pursuant to the benefit plans or any
successor plans of Howmet International Inc., including without limitation stock
option and savings plans, including specifically, but without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name of each of the
undersigned Directors of the Company to any registration statement to be filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect of said plans or
successor plans and shares of common stock, or either of them, to any and all
pre-effective amendments, post-effective amendments and supplements to any such
registration statement, and to any instruments or documents filed as part of or
in connection with any such registration statement or pre-effective amendments
or post-effective amendments or supplements thereto; and the undersigned hereby
ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have subscribed these presents on the
date set opposite their names below.
/s/ Kenneth W. Dam /s/ John P. Mulroney
_____________________ June 15, 2000 ______________________ June 15, 2000
Kenneth W. Dam John P. Mulroney
/s/ Joseph T. Gorman /s/ Paul H. O'Neill
_____________________ June 15, 2000 _______________________ June 15, 2000
Joseph T. Gorman Paul H. O'Neill
/s/ Judith M. Gueron /s/ Henry B. Schacht
_____________________ June 15, 2000 _______________________ June 15, 2000
Judith M. Gueron Henry B. Schacht
/s/ Sir Ronald Hampel /s/ Franklin A. Thomas
_____________________ June 16, 2000 _______________________ June 15, 2000
Sir Ronald Hampel Franklin A. Thomas
/s/ Marina v.N. Whitman
_______________________ June 15, 2000
Marina v.N. Whitman
