EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY PNC BANK CORP. ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1997 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., John F. Fulgoney and Melanie S. Cibik, 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, in any and all capacities, the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1997. And such persons hereby ratify and confirm all that any 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 February 19, 1998.
Name/Signature Capacity ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- Chairman, Chief Executive Officer /s/ THOMAS H. O'BRIEN and Director ------------------------------------- Thomas H. O'Brien /s/ PAUL W. CHELLGREN Director ------------------------------------- Paul W. Chellgren /s/ ROBERT N. CLAY 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/ C. G. GREFENSTETTE Director ------------------------------------- C. G. Grefenstette /s/ WILLIAM R. JOHNSON Director ------------------------------------- William R. Johnson /s/ BRUCE LINDSAY Director ------------------------------------- Bruce Lindsay /s/ THOMAS MARSHALL Director ------------------------------------- Thomas Marshall /s/ CRAIG MCCLELLAND Director ------------------------------------- W. Craig McClelland /s/ JANE G. PEPPER Director ------------------------------------- Jane G. Pepper /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 Director ------------------------------------- Garry J. Scheuring /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