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, 1997 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 10, 1998 Chief Executive Officer -------------------------------- (Principal Executive Peter N. Larson Officer) and Director Senior Vice President /s/ Peter B. Hamilton February 10, 1998 and Chief Financial Officer ------------------------------ (Principal Financial Officer) Peter B. Hamilton Vice President and Controller /s/ Victoria J. Reich February 10, 1998 (Principal Accounting Officer) ------------------------------ Victoria J. Reich Director /s/ Nolan D. Archibald February 10, 1998 ------------------------------ Nolan D. Archibald Director /s/ Jeffrey L. Bleustein February 10, 1998 ------------------------------- Jeffrey L. Bleustein Director /s/ Michael J. Callahan February 10, 1998 -------------------------------- Michael J. Callahan
Capacity Signature Date -------- --------- ---- Director /s/ Manuel A. Fernandez February 10, 1998 ----------------------------- Manuel A. Fernandez Director /s/ Peter Harf February 10, 1998 ----------------------------- Peter Harf Director /s/ George D. Kennedy February 10, 1998 ----------------------------- George D. Kennedy Director /s/ Jay W. Lorsch February 10, 1998 ------------------------------ Jay W. Lorsch Director /s/ Rebecca P. Mark February 25, 1998 ------------------------------ Rebecca P. Mark Director /s/ Bettye Martin Musham February 10, 1998 ------------------------------ Bettye Martin Musham Director /s/ Jack F. Reichert February 10, 1998 ------------------------------ Jack F. Reichert Director /s/ Kenneth Roman February 10, 1998 ------------------------------ Kenneth Roman Director /s/ Roger W. Schipke February 25, 1998 ------------------------------ Roger W. Schipke