EXHIBIT 24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY PNC BANK CORP. DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND STOCK PURCHASE PLAN - 6,000,000 SHARES KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned Directors and/or Officers of PNC Bank Corp. (the "Corporation"), a Pennsylvania corporation, hereby names, constitutes and appoints Walter E. Gregg, Jr., Melanie S. Cibik and Steven L. Kaplan, or each of them, with full power of substitution, such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute in such person's name, place and stead, a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (or other appropriate form) for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 6,000,000 shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $5.00 per share, to be issued in connection with the Corporation's Dividend Reinvestment and Stock Purchase Plan adopted by the Corporation's Board of Directors, as amended, and to execute in such person's name, place and stead any and all amendments to said Registration Statement. And such persons hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney or attorney-in-fact, or any substitute, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Witness the due execution hereof by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of this December 30, 1996.
Name/Signature Capacity - - -------------- -------- /s/ THOMAS H. O'BRIEN Chairman, Chief Executive Officer - - --------------------------------- and Director Thomas H. O'Brien /s/ PAUL W. CHELLGREN Director - - ----------------------------------- Paul W. Chellgren Director - - ----------------------------------------- Robert N. Clay /s/ GEORGE A. DAVIDSON, JR. Director - - --------------------------------- George A. Davidson, Jr. /s/ DAVID F. GIRARD-DICARLO Director - - ----------------------------------- David F. Girard-diCarlo
/s/ DIANNA L. GREEN Director - - ----------------------------------- Dianna L. Green /s/ C. G. GREFENSTETTE Director - - ------------------------------------ C. G. Grefenstette /s/ ARTHUR J. KANIA Director - - ------------------------------------- Arthur J. Kania /s/ BRUCE LINDSAY Director - - ------------------------------------- Bruce Lindsay /s/ THOMAS MARSHALL Director - - ---------------------------------- Thomas Marshall /s/ W. CRAIG MCCLELLAND Director - - --------------------------------- W. Craig McClelland /s/ DONALD I. MORITZ Director - - ----------------------------------- Donald I. Moritz /s/ JACKSON H. RANDOLPH Director - - --------------------------------- Jackson H. Randolph /s/ JAMES E. ROHR President and Director - - ------------------------------------ James E. Rohr /s/ RODERIC H. ROSS Director - - ------------------------------------ Roderic H. Ross /s/ VINCENT A. SARNI Director - - ------------------------------------ Vincent A. Sarni /s/ GARRY J. SCHEURING Vice Chairman and Director - - ------------------------------------ Garry J. Scheuring
Power of Attorney - 2 Page 2 /s/ RICHARD P. SIMMONS Director - - ---------------------------------- Richard P. Simmons /s/ THOMAS J. USHER Director - - ----------------------------------- Thomas J. Usher /s/ MILTON A. WASHINGTON Director - - ---------------------------------- Milton A. Washington /s/ HELGE H. WEHMEIER Director - - --------------------------------- Helge H. Wehmeier
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