SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C.  20549

                                Form S-8
                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                  UNDER
                       THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           UNIVAR CORPORATION
         (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Washington                                   91-0816142
 (State or other jurisdiction of                        (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

    6100 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington                   98033
       (Address of Principal Executive Office)             (Zip Code)

              UNIVAR CORPORATION 1995 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
                        (Full title of the plan)
                                    
                            William A. Butler
        Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
                           6100 Carillon Point
                           Kirkland, WA 98033
                 (Name and address of agent for service)
                                    
                             (206) 889-3990
      (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                                    
                    Copies of all communications to:
                                    
                             Gary J. Kocher
                          Preston Gates & Ellis
                      5000 Columbia Seafirst Center
                            701 Fifth Avenue
                           Seattle, WA  98104
                             (206) 623-7580

                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                    
 Title of                  Proposed      Proposed         
each class    Amount to     maximum      maximum      Amount of
    of           be        offering     aggregate    registration
securities   registered    price per     offering       fee
   to be                    share*        price*
registered
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  Common      2,000,000       $11.81   $23,620,000.00   $8,144.83
   stock       shares              
   no par 
   value
     

       *Estimated  pursuant  to  Rule  457(c)  solely  for  purposes  of
calculating  amount of registration fee, based upon the average  of  the
high  and low prices reported on April 30, 1996, as reported on the  New
York Stock Exchange.
                                    
 The Exhibit Index appears after the Signature Page of this Registration 
Statement.



      PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement  the  documents  listed below.   In  addition,  all  documents
subsequently  filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and  15(d)  of
the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), prior to  the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered  have  been  sold  or  which  deregisters  all  securities  then
remaining  unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference  into
this  Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from  the  date  of
filing of such documents:

      (a)   The Company's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the Exchange Act, or either the latest  prospectus
filed  pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act  of  1933,  that
contains  audited financial statements for the Company's  latest  fiscal
year  for  which  such  statements have been  filed,  or  the  Company's
effective Registration Statement on Form 10 filed under the Exchange Act
containing audited financial statements for the Company's latest  fiscal
year.

      (b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the  Exchange  Act  since  the end of the fiscal  year  covered  by  the
Company's document referred to in (a) above.

      (c)   The  description of the Company's sole class of  securities,
which is contained in a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
12  of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.


Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Legal matters in connection with the securities offered hereby were
passed  upon by Preston Gates & Ellis, Seattle, Washington.  Lawyers  in
the  firm participating in the matter beneficially own, in the aggregate
and individually, less than $50,000 of the Company's common stock.


Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

      Article 15 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company require
the  Company  to indemnify any present or former officer or director  to
the fullest extent not prohibited by the Washington Business Corporation
Act.   Chapter 23B.8.510 and .570 of the Washington Business Corporation
Act authorizes a corporation to indemnify its officers and directors  in
terms  sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification  under  certain
circumstances  for  liabilities (including  reimbursement  for  expenses
incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933.

      In  addition,  the  Company  maintains  directors'  and  officers'
liability insurance under which the Company's directors and officers are
insured  against loss (as defined in the policy) as a result  of  claims
brought against them for their wrongful acts in such capacities.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit Number                Description

     4              Univar Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Plan

     5              Opinion of Counsel regarding legality

     23.1           Consent of Independent Public Accountant

     23.2           Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)

     24             Power of Attorney

Item 9.  Undertakings.

(a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

           To  include any material information with respect to the plan
of  distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration  Statement
or   any  material  change  to  such  information  in  the  Registration
Statement;

      (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under  the
Securities  Act  of  1933, each such post-effective amendment  shall  be
deemed  to  be  a new Registration Statement relating to the  securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time  shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (3)   To  remove  from registration by means of  a  post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold  at
the termination of the offering.

(b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes  of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each  filing
of  the  registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d)  of  the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated  by
reference  in the Registration Statement shall be deemed  to  be  a  new
Registration  Statement relating to the securities offered  herein,  and
the  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be  the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)   Insofar  as  indemnification for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities  Act  of  1933  may be permitted to directors,  officers  and
controlling  persons  of  the  registrant  pursuant  to  the   foregoing
provisions,  or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that  in  the
opinion  of  the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
is  against  public  policy as expressed in the Act and  is,  therefore,
unenforceable.   In the event that a claim for indemnification   against
such  liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of  expenses
incurred  or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person  of  the
registrant  in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is   asserted  by  such  director,  officer  or  controlling  person  in
connection  with  the securities being registered, the registrant  will,
unless  in  the  opinion of its counsel the matter has been  settled  by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy  as
expressed  in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication  of
such issue.
                               SIGNATURES

      Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe  that  it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this  Registration  Statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by   the
undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kirkland,  State
of Washington, on this 3rd day of May, 1996.
                                   
                                   UNIVAR CORPORATION
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   By:/s/ Paul H. Hough
                                        Paul H. Hough
                                        President


      Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,  this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons  in  the
capacities indicated on the dates indicated.

Signature           Title                                        Date

/s/ Paul H. Hough        President, Chief Executive Officer,
May 3, 1996
Paul H. Hough            Director (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Gary E. Pruitt            Chief Financial Officer
May 3, 1996
Gary E. Pruitt           (Principal Financial and
                         Principal Accounting Officer)


Richard E. Engebrecht    )
Sjoerd D. Eikelboom )
Roger L. Kesseler        )              By: /s/ William A. Butler
Curtis P. Lindley        )                   William A. Butler
N. Stewart Rogers        )              Attorney in Fact
Robert S. Rogers         )    Each as   Pursuant to Power of Attorney
John G. Scriven          )    Director  Dated May 2, 1996
Andrew V. Smith          )
Roy E. Wansik       )              Dated May 3, 1996
Nicolaas J. Westdijk     )
James H. Wiborg          )

                                    
                              EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit Number                Description

     4              Univar Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Plan

     5              Opinion of Counsel regarding legality

     23.1           Consent of Independent Public Accountant

     23.2           Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)

     24             Power of Attorney

Exhibit 5
      OPINION OF COUNSEL REGARDING LEGALITY AND CONSENT OF COUNSEL

                  {LETTERHEAD OF PRESTON GATES & ELLIS}


                               May 2, 1996


Univar Corporation
6100 Carillon Point
Kirkland, Washington 98033

     Re: Univar Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      We have acted as counsel to Univar Corporation (the "Company")  in
connection  with  the  registration with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission on Form S-8 of shares of the Company's common stock,  without
par  value  (the  "Shares"),  which will be issuable  upon  exercise  of
options  granted  under  the above-referenced  plan  (the  "Plan").   In
connection  with that registration, we have reviewed the proceedings  of
the  Board of Directors of the Company relating to the registration  and
proposed issuance of the common stock, the Articles of Incorporation  of
the  Company  and all amendments thereto, the Bylaws of the Company  and
all  amendments thereto, and such other documents and matters as we have
deemed necessary to the rendering if the following opinion.

      Based  upon  that review, it is our opinion that the Shares,  when
issued in conformance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, will be
legally  issued,  fully  paid, and nonassessable  under  the  Washington
Business Corporation Act.

      We  do  not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion  to
cover,  and accordingly we express no opinion as to, the application  of
the securities or blue sky laws of the various states as to the issuance
and sale of the Shares.

     We consent to the use of this opinion in the registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the
registration  of the Shares and to the reference to our firm  under  the
heading  "Interests  of Named Experts and Counsel" in  the  registration
statement.


                              Very truly yours,

                              PRESTON GATES & ELLIS


                              By  /s/  Richard B. Dodd
                                      Richard B. Dodd
Exhibit 23.1
                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


      As  independent public accountants, we hereby consent  to
the  incorporation by reference in this registration  statement
of  our  report  dated  April  25,  1995,  included  in  Univar
Corporation's  Form 10-K for the year ended February  28,  1995
and  to  all  references  to  our  Firm  in  this  registration
statement.


\s\  Arthur Andersen LLP

Arthur Andersen LLP
Seattle, Washington
May 3, 1996.

Exhibit 24
                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

                                    
      KNOW  ALL  MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears  below, being duly elected directors of Univar Corporation  (the
"Company"), constitutes and appoints Paul H. Hough, William  A.  Butler,
and  Gary E. Pruitt, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead,  in  any  and
all  capacities,  to  sign the Registration Statement  relating  to  the
granting of stock options and the sale of shares of Common Stock of  the
Company, without par value, pursuant to the 1995 Incentive Stock Plan of
the  Company,  and  any  and  all amendments,  including  post-effective
amendments, to such Registration Statement and to file such Registration
Statement,  and  any  and  all  amendments thereto,  together  with  all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with  the
Securities   and  Exchange  Commission  and  any  state  agency   having
jurisdiction,  granting  unto said attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  each
acting  alone,  full power and authority to do and to  perform  for  all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
all  that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,  or  his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     DATED May 2, 1996


/s/ James W. Bernard                         /s/ Sjoerd Eikelboom
James W. Bernard                             Sjoerd Eikelboom


/s/ Richard E. Engebrecht                    /s/ Roger L. Kesseler
Richard E. Engebrecht                        Roger L. Kesseler


/s/ Curtis P. Lindley                        /s/ N. Stewart Rogers
Curtis P. Lindley                            N. Stewart Rogers


/s/ Paul H. Hough                            /s/ John G. Scriven
Paul H. Hough                                John G. Scriven


/s/ Andrew V. Smith                     /s/ Roy E. Wansik
Andrew V. Smith                              Roy E. Wansik


/s/ Nicolaas J. Westdijk                /s/ James H. Wiborg
Nicolaas J. Westdijk                         James H. Wiborg
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                         Washington, D.C.  20549

                                Form S-8
                         REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                  UNDER
                       THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                           UNIVAR CORPORATION
         (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Washington                                   91-0816142
 (State or other jurisdiction of                        (I.R.S. Employer
  incorporation or organization)                    Identification No.)

    6100 Carillon Point, Kirkland, Washington                   98033
       (Address of Principal Executive Office)             (Zip Code)

              UNIVAR CORPORATION 1995 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
                        (Full title of the plan)
                                    
                            William A. Butler
        Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary
                           6100 Carillon Point
                           Kirkland, WA 98033
                 (Name and address of agent for service)
                                    
                             (206) 889-3990
      (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                                    
                    Copies of all communications to:
                                    
                             Gary J. Kocher
                          Preston Gates & Ellis
                      5000 Columbia Seafirst Center
                            701 Fifth Avenue
                           Seattle, WA  98104
                             (206) 623-7580

                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                    
 Title of                  Proposed      Proposed         
each class    Amount to     maximum      maximum      Amount of
    of           be        offering     aggregate    registration
securities   registered    price per     offering       fee
   to be                    share*        price*
registered
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  Common      2,000,000       $11.81   $23,620,000.00   $8,144.83
   stock       shares              
   no par 
   value
     

       *Estimated  pursuant  to  Rule  457(c)  solely  for  purposes  of
calculating  amount of registration fee, based upon the average  of  the
high  and low prices reported on April 30, 1996, as reported on the  New
York Stock Exchange.
                                    
 The Exhibit Index appears after the Signature Page of this Registration 
Statement.

      PART II.  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

     The Company hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement  the  documents  listed below.   In  addition,  all  documents
subsequently  filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and  15(d)  of
the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), prior to  the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered  have  been  sold  or  which  deregisters  all  securities  then
remaining  unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference  into
this  Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from  the  date  of
filing of such documents:

      (a)   The Company's latest annual report filed pursuant to Section
13(a)  or  15(d)  of  the Exchange Act, or either the latest  prospectus
filed  pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act  of  1933,  that
contains  audited financial statements for the Company's  latest  fiscal
year  for  which  such  statements have been  filed,  or  the  Company's
effective Registration Statement on Form 10 filed under the Exchange Act
containing audited financial statements for the Company's latest  fiscal
year.

      (b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the  Exchange  Act  since  the end of the fiscal  year  covered  by  the
Company's document referred to in (a) above.

      (c)   The  description of the Company's sole class of  securities,
which is contained in a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section
12  of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the
purpose of updating such description.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

     Legal matters in connection with the securities offered hereby were
passed  upon by Preston Gates & Ellis, Seattle, Washington.  Lawyers  in
the  firm participating in the matter beneficially own, in the aggregate
and individually, less than $50,000 of the Company's common stock.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

      Article 15 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company require
the  Company  to indemnify any present or former officer or director  to
the fullest extent not prohibited by the Washington Business Corporation
Act.   Chapter 23B.8.510 and .570 of the Washington Business Corporation
Act authorizes a corporation to indemnify its officers and directors  in
terms  sufficiently broad to permit such indemnification  under  certain
circumstances  for  liabilities (including  reimbursement  for  expenses
incurred) arising under the Securities Act of 1933.

      In  addition,  the  Company  maintains  directors'  and  officers'
liability insurance under which the Company's directors and officers are
insured  against loss (as defined in the policy) as a result  of  claims
brought against them for their wrongful acts in such capacities.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

Exhibit Number                Description

     4              Univar Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Plan

     5              Opinion of Counsel regarding legality

     23.1           Consent of Independent Public Accountant

     23.2           Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)

     24             Power of Attorney

Item 9.  Undertakings.

(a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

           To  include any material information with respect to the plan
of  distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration  Statement
or   any  material  change  to  such  information  in  the  Registration
Statement;

      (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under  the
Securities  Act  of  1933, each such post-effective amendment  shall  be
deemed  to  be  a new Registration Statement relating to the  securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time  shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (3)   To  remove  from registration by means of  a  post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold  at
the termination of the offering.

(b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes  of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each  filing
of  the  registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section
15(d)  of  the  Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated  by
reference  in the Registration Statement shall be deemed  to  be  a  new
Registration  Statement relating to the securities offered  herein,  and
the  offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be  the
initial bona fide offering thereof.

(c)   Insofar  as  indemnification for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities  Act  of  1933  may be permitted to directors,  officers  and
controlling  persons  of  the  registrant  pursuant  to  the   foregoing
provisions,  or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that  in  the
opinion  of  the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification
is  against  public  policy as expressed in the Act and  is,  therefore,
unenforceable.   In the event that a claim for indemnification   against
such  liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of  expenses
incurred  or paid by a director, officer, or controlling person  of  the
registrant  in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is   asserted  by  such  director,  officer  or  controlling  person  in
connection  with  the securities being registered, the registrant  will,
unless  in  the  opinion of its counsel the matter has been  settled  by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy  as
expressed  in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication  of
such issue.
                               SIGNATURES

      Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Act of  1933,  the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe  that  it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this  Registration  Statement  to  be  signed  on  its  behalf  by   the
undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Kirkland,  State
of Washington, on this 3rd day of May, 1996.
                                   
                                   UNIVAR CORPORATION
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   By:/s/ Paul H. Hough
                                        Paul H. Hough
                                        President

      Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,  this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons  in  the
capacities indicated on the dates indicated.

Signature           Title                                        Date

/s/ Paul H. Hough        President, Chief Executive Officer,
May 3, 1996
Paul H. Hough            Director (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Gary E. Pruitt            Chief Financial Officer
May 3, 1996
Gary E. Pruitt           (Principal Financial and
                         Principal Accounting Officer)

Richard E. Engebrecht    )
Sjoerd D. Eikelboom )
Roger L. Kesseler        )              By: /s/ William A. Butler
Curtis P. Lindley        )                   William A. Butler
N. Stewart Rogers        )              Attorney in Fact
Robert S. Rogers         )    Each as   Pursuant to Power of Attorney
John G. Scriven          )    Director  Dated May 2, 1996
Andrew V. Smith          )
Roy E. Wansik       )              Dated May 3, 1996
Nicolaas J. Westdijk     )
James H. Wiborg          )

                                    
                              EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number                Description

     4              Univar Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Plan

     5              Opinion of Counsel regarding legality

     23.1           Consent of Independent Public Accountant

     23.2           Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5)

     24             Power of Attorney

Exhibit 5
      OPINION OF COUNSEL REGARDING LEGALITY AND CONSENT OF COUNSEL

                  {LETTERHEAD OF PRESTON GATES & ELLIS}

                               May 2, 1996

Univar Corporation
6100 Carillon Point
Kirkland, Washington 98033

     Re: Univar Corporation 1995 Incentive Stock Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      We have acted as counsel to Univar Corporation (the "Company")  in
connection  with  the  registration with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission on Form S-8 of shares of the Company's common stock,  without
par  value  (the  "Shares"),  which will be issuable  upon  exercise  of
options  granted  under  the above-referenced  plan  (the  "Plan").   In
connection  with that registration, we have reviewed the proceedings  of
the  Board of Directors of the Company relating to the registration  and
proposed issuance of the common stock, the Articles of Incorporation  of
the  Company  and all amendments thereto, the Bylaws of the Company  and
all  amendments thereto, and such other documents and matters as we have
deemed necessary to the rendering if the following opinion.

      Based  upon  that review, it is our opinion that the Shares,  when
issued in conformance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, will be
legally  issued,  fully  paid, and nonassessable  under  the  Washington
Business Corporation Act.

      We  do  not find it necessary for the purposes of this opinion  to
cover,  and accordingly we express no opinion as to, the application  of
the securities or blue sky laws of the various states as to the issuance
and sale of the Shares.

     We consent to the use of this opinion in the registration statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the
registration  of the Shares and to the reference to our firm  under  the
heading  "Interests  of Named Experts and Counsel" in  the  registration
statement.

                              Very truly yours,

                              PRESTON GATES & ELLIS

                              By  /s/  Richard B. Dodd
                                      Richard B. Dodd
Exhibit 23.1
                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

      As  independent public accountants, we hereby consent  to
the  incorporation by reference in this registration  statement
of  our  report  dated  April  25,  1995,  included  in  Univar
Corporation's  Form 10-K for the year ended February  28,  1995
and  to  all  references  to  our  Firm  in  this  registration
statement.

\s\  Arthur Andersen LLP

Arthur Andersen LLP
Seattle, Washington
May 3, 1996.

Exhibit 24
                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

                                    
      KNOW  ALL  MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears  below, being duly elected directors of Univar Corporation  (the
"Company"), constitutes and appoints Paul H. Hough, William  A.  Butler,
and  Gary E. Pruitt, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-
fact and agents, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead,  in  any  and
all  capacities,  to  sign the Registration Statement  relating  to  the
granting of stock options and the sale of shares of Common Stock of  the
Company, without par value, pursuant to the 1995 Incentive Stock Plan of
the  Company,  and  any  and  all amendments,  including  post-effective
amendments, to such Registration Statement and to file such Registration
Statement,  and  any  and  all  amendments thereto,  together  with  all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with  the
Securities   and  Exchange  Commission  and  any  state  agency   having
jurisdiction,  granting  unto said attorneys-in-fact  and  agents,  each
acting  alone,  full power and authority to do and to  perform  for  all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
all  that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,  or  his
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

     DATED May 2, 1996

/s/ James W. Bernard                         /s/ Sjoerd Eikelboom
James W. Bernard                             Sjoerd Eikelboom

/s/ Richard E. Engebrecht                    /s/ Roger L. Kesseler
Richard E. Engebrecht                        Roger L. Kesseler

/s/ Curtis P. Lindley                        /s/ N. Stewart Rogers
Curtis P. Lindley                            N. Stewart Rogers

/s/ Paul H. Hough                            /s/ John G. Scriven
Paul H. Hough                                John G. Scriven

/s/ Andrew V. Smith                     /s/ Roy E. Wansik
Andrew V. Smith                              Roy E. Wansik

/s/ Nicolaas J. Westdijk                /s/ James H. Wiborg
Nicolaas J. Westdijk                         James H. Wiborg