EXHIBIT 24.1 ------------ POWER OF ATTORNEY ----------------- The undersigned director and officers of Brunswick Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Peter B. Hamilton and Victoria J. Reich and each of them individually, the true and lawful attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, with power to act with or without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in the name and on behalf of the undersigned as directors and officers of the Company, the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all amendments thereto; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and approves all that said attorneys or any of them shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney in one or more counterparts on the date set opposite his name. Capacity Signature Date -------- --------- ---- Chairman of the Board, /s/ Peter N. Larson February 11, 1997 Chief Executive Officer --------------------- (Principal Executive Peter N. Larson Officer) and Director Senior Vice President /s/ Peter B. Hamilton February 11, 1997 and Chief Financial Officer --------------------- (Principal Financial Officer) Peter B. Hamilton Vice President and Controller /s/ V. J. Reich February 11, 1997 (Principal Accounting Officer) -------------------- Victoria J. Reich Director /s/ Nolan D. Archibald February 11, 1997 ---------------------- Nolan D. Archibald Director /s/ Michael J. Callahan February 11, 1997 ----------------------- Michael J. Callahan Capacity Signature Date -------- --------- ---- Director /s/ J. P. Diesel February 11, 1997 -------------------------- John P. Diesel Director /s/ M. A. Fernandez February 11, 1997 -------------------------- Manuel A. Fernandez Director /s/ Peter Harf February 11, 1997 -------------------------- Peter Harf Director /s/ Geo D. Kennedy February 11, 1997 -------------------------- George D. Kennedy Director /s/ B. K. Koken February 11, 1997 -------------------------- Bernd K. Koken Director /s/ Jay W. Lorsch February 11, 1997 -------------------------- Jay W. Lorsch Director /s/ Bettye Martin Musham February 11, 1997 -------------------------- Bettye Martin Musham Director /s/ Jack F. Reichert February 11, 1997 -------------------------- Jack F. Reichert Director /s/ Kenneth Roman February 11, 1997 ---------------------------- Kenneth Roman Director /s/ Roger W. Schipke February 11, 1997 --------------------------- Roger W. Schipke