Registration No. 333- ............


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        TEXAS                                             74-1051605
        (State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
        incorporation or organization)                    Identification Number)

        2707 NORTH LOOP WEST
        HOUSTON, TEXAS                                    77008
        (Address of Principal Executive Offices)          (Zip Code)

                       STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.
                      1993 NONOFFICER EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION
                                      PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               LAWRENCE E. WILSON
                                 P. O. BOX 1637
                            HOUSTON, TEXAS 77251-1637
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (713) 868-7700
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                                              Proposed                                       
                                              maximum          Proposed       
        Title                                 offering      maximum aggregate    Amount of
    of Securities           Amount to        price per      offering price      registration
   to be registered       be registered      share (1)            (1)              fee
   ----------------       -------------      ---------            ---              ---
----------------------  ------------------  ---------------- ------------------ -------------
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----------------------  ------------------  ---------------- ------------------ -------------

----------------------  ------------------  ---------------- ------------------ -------------
Common Stock,
without par value
per share.............       155,500          $ 10.25       $ 1,593,875.00       $ 443.10
----------------------  ------------------  ---------------- ------------------ -------------
</TABLE>

(1) Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, the offering price
of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to the Plan is based on the
average of the high and low quoted transaction prices on April 30, 1999, for
purposes of calculating the registration fee.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

        The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31,
1999, Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 19, 1998, Current Report on Form
8-K filed October 20, 1998, Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 19, 1999,
Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 1, 1999, the description of the Company's
Common Stock included in its registration statement on Form 8-A filed May 31,
1977, pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
description of the Rights to Purchase Shares of Common Stock, without par value,
included in the registration statement on Form 8-A filed March 15, 1995,
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are
incorporated herein by reference. All documents subsequently filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

        Not applicable.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

        The consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement from the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1999, have been audited by Arthur
Andersen LLP, independent accountants, as indicated in their report dated April
29, 1999 and are incorporated herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm
as experts in accounting and auditing. The validity of the issuance of the
shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be passed upon by Lawrence E.
Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. Mr. Wilson
beneficially owns 43,818 shares of Common Stock, including 42,700 shares which
Mr. Wilson has the right to acquire within 60 days.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

        Article 2.02-1 of the Texas Business Corporation Act provides that:

        1)     A corporation may indemnify any officer or director from and
               against any judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and
               reasonable expenses actually incurred by him in connection with a
               threatened, pending or completed action, suit, investigation or
               other proceeding to which he is, was or is threatened to be a
               party; provided that it is determined by the Board of Directors,
               a committee thereof, special legal counsel or a majority of the
               stockholders that such officer or director: (a) acted in good
               faith; (b) reasonably believed that his conduct was in the best
               interest of the corporation or was, in some circumstances, at
               least not opposed to the corporation's interest and (c) in a
               criminal case, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
               unlawful. Such indemnity is limited to the reasonable expenses
               actually incurred in matters as to which the officer or director
               is found liable to the corporation or is found liable on the
               basis that a personal benefit was improperly received by him. No
               indemnification is permitted with respect to any proceeding in
               which the officer or director is found liable for willful or
               intentional misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
               corporation.

        2)     A corporation shall indemnify a director against reasonable
               expenses incurred by him in connection with a threatened, pending
               or completed action, suit, investigation or other proceeding to
               which he is, was or was threatened to be a party if he has been
               wholly successful in its defense.

        3)     A corporation may advance an officer or director the reasonable
               costs of defending an action, suit, investigation or other
               proceeding in certain cases.

        4)     A corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain
               insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
               officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
               serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
               employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
               venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted
               against him and incurred by him in any such capacity or arising
               out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would
               have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the
               provisions of this Article.

        The bylaws of the Company provide in relevant part:

        "Section 6.9. Indemnification of Officers and Directors. The Corporation
shall indemnify any person against any judgment, penalty, fine, settlement and
reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such person is or is threatened
to be made a party because he is or was serving as an officer or director of the
Corporation or at the request of the Corporation as an officer, director,
partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or other functionary of
another entity and (i) such person is wholly successful in the defense thereof,
or (ii) it is determined in the manner required by law that such person
conducted himself in good faith, reasonably believed that his conduct was in the
best interest of the Corporation and had no reasonable cause to believe that his
conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that no person shall be indemnified
with respect to any matter as to which such person is found liable to the
Corporation. Any such indemnification shall be reported in writing to the
stockholders of the Corporation on or before the notice or waiver of notice of
the next stockholders' meeting and in any event within twelve (12) months of the
indemnification. The right of indemnification under this Section 6.9 shall be in
addition to any other rights to which such persons may be entitled."

        The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each
officer and director under which the Company has agreed to indemnify such
persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws and the bylaws of the
Company. The Company has also purchased a directors and officers liability and
corporation reimbursement policy in the amount of $30,000,000, which, subject to
certain exceptions, protects the officers and directors of the Company against
liabilities arising from any claim for breach of duty, neglect, error,
misstatement, misleading statement, omission or other act attempted, committed
or allegedly committed by reason of the director or officer acting in such
capacity.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

        Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

        The following exhibits are filed as a part of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

        4.1    Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. 1993 Nonofficer Employee Stock
               Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
               Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July 1, 1993 under
               commission file no. 33-65404).

        5.1    Opinion of Lawrence E. Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel
               of the Company.

        23.1   Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.

        23.2   Consent of Lawrence E. Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel
               of the Company.

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

        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:

        (i)    To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
               Securities Act of 1933;

        (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
               the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
               recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
               in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
               information set forth in the registration statement;

        (iii)  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;

        PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That paragraph (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of this section do
        not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form
        F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
        amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
        with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
        section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
        are incorporated by reference 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.

        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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to 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 therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        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 Houston, and the State of Texas, on the 13th day of
April, 1999.

STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.


By: /s/ C. Jim Stewart II                              
    ________________________ 
    C. Jim Stewart II
    Chief Executive Officer

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 13th day of April, 1999.


/s/ C. Jim Stewart II                             
____________________________
C. Jim Stewart II
Director


/s/ J. Carsey Manning                       /s/ Brian H. Rowe 
_________________________                   __________________________
J. Carsey Manning                           Brian H. Rowe
Director                                    Director

/s/ Donald E. Stevenson                     
_________________________                   __________________________
Donald E. Stevenson                         William R. Lummis
Director                                    Director

/s/ Jack W. Lander, Jr.                     /s/ Khleber V. Attwell 
_________________________                   __________________________
Jack W. Lander, Jr.                         Khleber V. Attwell
Director                                    Director

/s/ Jack T. Currie                          /s/ Darvin M. Winick   
_________________________                   __________________________
Jack T. Currie                              Darvin M. Winick
Director                                    Director

/s/ Robert S. Sullivan
_________________________                   __________________________
Robert S. Sullivan                          Howard Wolf
Director                                    Director

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

5.1     Opinion of Lawrence E. Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel of the
        Company
23.1    Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2    Consent of Lawrence E. Wilson
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Registration No. 333- ............

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                       STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

        TEXAS                                             74-1051605
        (State or other jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
        incorporation or organization)                    Identification Number)

        2707 NORTH LOOP WEST
        HOUSTON, TEXAS                                    77008
        (Address of Principal Executive Offices)          (Zip Code)

                       STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.
                      1993 NONOFFICER EMPLOYEE STOCK OPTION
                                      PLAN
                            (Full title of the plan)

                               LAWRENCE E. WILSON
                                 P. O. BOX 1637
                            HOUSTON, TEXAS 77251-1637
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (713) 868-7700
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed                                       
                                              maximum          Proposed       
        Title                                 offering      maximum aggregate    Amount of
    of Securities           Amount to        price per      offering price      registration
   to be registered       be registered      share (1)            (1)              fee
   ----------------       -------------      ---------            ---              ---
----------------------  ------------------  ---------------- ------------------ -------------
----------------------  ------------------  ---------------- ------------------ -------------

----------------------  ------------------  ---------------- ------------------ -------------
Common Stock,
without par value
per share.............       155,500          $ 10.25       $ 1,593,875.00       $ 443.10
----------------------  ------------------  ---------------- ------------------ -------------
(1) Pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, the offering price
of shares of Common Stock to be purchased pursuant to the Plan is based on the
average of the high and low quoted transaction prices on April 30, 1999, for
purposes of calculating the registration fee.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

        The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31,
1999, Current Report on Form 8-K filed October 19, 1998, Current Report on Form
8-K filed October 20, 1998, Current Report on Form 8-K filed January 19, 1999,
Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 1, 1999, the description of the Company's
Common Stock included in its registration statement on Form 8-A filed May 31,
1977, pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
description of the Rights to Purchase Shares of Common Stock, without par value,
included in the registration statement on Form 8-A filed March 15, 1995,
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are
incorporated herein by reference. All documents subsequently filed by the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

        Not applicable.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

        The consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement from the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 1999, have been audited by Arthur
Andersen LLP, independent accountants, as indicated in their report dated April
29, 1999 and are incorporated herein in reliance upon the authority of said firm
as experts in accounting and auditing. The validity of the issuance of the
shares of Common Stock registered hereby will be passed upon by Lawrence E.
Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. Mr. Wilson
beneficially owns 43,818 shares of Common Stock, including 42,700 shares which
Mr. Wilson has the right to acquire within 60 days.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

        Article 2.02-1 of the Texas Business Corporation Act provides that:

        1)     A corporation may indemnify any officer or director from and
               against any judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and
               reasonable expenses actually incurred by him in connection with a
               threatened, pending or completed action, suit, investigation or
               other proceeding to which he is, was or is threatened to be a
               party; provided that it is determined by the Board of Directors,
               a committee thereof, special legal counsel or a majority of the
               stockholders that such officer or director: (a) acted in good
               faith; (b) reasonably believed that his conduct was in the best
               interest of the corporation or was, in some circumstances, at
               least not opposed to the corporation's interest and (c) in a
               criminal case, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
               unlawful. Such indemnity is limited to the reasonable expenses
               actually incurred in matters as to which the officer or director
               is found liable to the corporation or is found liable on the
               basis that a personal benefit was improperly received by him. No
               indemnification is permitted with respect to any proceeding in
               which the officer or director is found liable for willful or
               intentional misconduct in the performance of his duty to the
               corporation.

        2)     A corporation shall indemnify a director against reasonable
               expenses incurred by him in connection with a threatened, pending
               or completed action, suit, investigation or other proceeding to
               which he is, was or was threatened to be a party if he has been
               wholly successful in its defense.

        3)     A corporation may advance an officer or director the reasonable
               costs of defending an action, suit, investigation or other
               proceeding in certain cases.

        4)     A corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain
               insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director,
               officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was
               serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
               employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
               venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted
               against him and incurred by him in any such capacity or arising
               out of his status as such, whether or not the corporation would
               have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the
               provisions of this Article.

        The bylaws of the Company provide in relevant part:

        "Section 6.9. Indemnification of Officers and Directors. The Corporation
shall indemnify any person against any judgment, penalty, fine, settlement and
reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with any threatened, pending
or completed action, suit or proceeding in which such person is or is threatened
to be made a party because he is or was serving as an officer or director of the
Corporation or at the request of the Corporation as an officer, director,
partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or other functionary of
another entity and (i) such person is wholly successful in the defense thereof,
or (ii) it is determined in the manner required by law that such person
conducted himself in good faith, reasonably believed that his conduct was in the
best interest of the Corporation and had no reasonable cause to believe that his
conduct was unlawful; provided, however, that no person shall be indemnified
with respect to any matter as to which such person is found liable to the
Corporation. Any such indemnification shall be reported in writing to the
stockholders of the Corporation on or before the notice or waiver of notice of
the next stockholders' meeting and in any event within twelve (12) months of the
indemnification. The right of indemnification under this Section 6.9 shall be in
addition to any other rights to which such persons may be entitled."

        The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each
officer and director under which the Company has agreed to indemnify such
persons to the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws and the bylaws of the
Company. The Company has also purchased a directors and officers liability and
corporation reimbursement policy in the amount of $30,000,000, which, subject to
certain exceptions, protects the officers and directors of the Company against
liabilities arising from any claim for breach of duty, neglect, error,
misstatement, misleading statement, omission or other act attempted, committed
or allegedly committed by reason of the director or officer acting in such
capacity.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

        Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

        The following exhibits are filed as a part of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation S-K.

        4.1    Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. 1993 Nonofficer Employee Stock
               Option Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to
               Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July 1, 1993 under
               commission file no. 33-65404).

        5.1    Opinion of Lawrence E. Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel
               of the Company.

        23.1   Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP, independent public accountants.

        23.2   Consent of Lawrence E. Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel
               of the Company.

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.

        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:

        (i)    To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the
               Securities Act of 1933;

        (ii)   To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
               the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
               recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
               in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
               information set forth in the registration statement;

        (iii)  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;

        PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That paragraph (1)(i) and (1)(ii) of this section do
        not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form
        F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective
        amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
        with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
        section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
        are incorporated by reference 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.

        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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to 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 therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

        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 Houston, and the State of Texas, on the 13th day of
April, 1999.

STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.

By: /s/ C. Jim Stewart II                              
    ________________________ 
    C. Jim Stewart II
    Chief Executive Officer

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 13th day of April, 1999.

/s/ C. Jim Stewart II                             
____________________________
C. Jim Stewart II
Director

/s/ J. Carsey Manning                       /s/ Brian H. Rowe 
_________________________                   __________________________
J. Carsey Manning                           Brian H. Rowe
Director                                    Director

/s/ Donald E. Stevenson                     
_________________________                   __________________________
Donald E. Stevenson                         William R. Lummis
Director                                    Director

/s/ Jack W. Lander, Jr.                     /s/ Khleber V. Attwell 
_________________________                   __________________________
Jack W. Lander, Jr.                         Khleber V. Attwell
Director                                    Director

/s/ Jack T. Currie                          /s/ Darvin M. Winick   
_________________________                   __________________________
Jack T. Currie                              Darvin M. Winick
Director                                    Director

/s/ Robert S. Sullivan
_________________________                   __________________________
Robert S. Sullivan                          Howard Wolf
Director                                    Director

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

5.1     Opinion of Lawrence E. Wilson, Vice President and General Counsel of the
        Company
23.1    Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.2    Consent of Lawrence E. Wilson