EXHIBIT 24







1.   Powers of Attorney from the following persons are attached:

                         Patricia C. Barron
                         William O. Bourke
                         John R. Hall
                         Robert L. Hintz
                         William H. Joyce
                         Mylle Bell Mangum
                         D. Larry Moore
                         James M. Ringler
                         Samuel C. Scott, III
                         Joe B. Wyatt




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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints D. Michael Jones and Brenda A.
Hart, or either of them, her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities (including without limitation in any capacity on
behalf of Reynolds Metals Company (the "Company")), to

          (i)  Sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all
     amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, if any,
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and
     to take all such other action which they or either of them
     may consider necessary or desirable in connection therewith,
     all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended; and

          (ii) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to (a) the offer
     and sale of interests in the Reynolds Metals Company Savings
     and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and an indefinite
     number of shares of the Company's common stock, without par
     value (the "Common Stock") in connection therewith; (b) the
     offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees; (c) the
     offer and sale of up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Employees
     Savings Plan; (d) the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1982 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (e) the offer and sale
     of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (f) the
     offer and sale of up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock
     under the Reynolds Metals Company 1992 Nonqualified Stock
     Option Plan; (g) the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (h) the offer and sale
     of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Performance Incentive Plan; and (i) the offer
     and sale of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock under the
     Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside
     Directors; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC; and

         (iii) Sign any and all Registration Statements on Form S-
     3, or on such other form as may be appropriate, for
     registration of the shares of Common Stock and Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock (without par value) of
     the Company, issuable upon exercise of Rights (as defined in
     the Rights Agreement between the Company and The Chase
     Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated as of November 23, 1987, as
     amended from time to time) and any and all amendments
     (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
     Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all preliminary prospectuses, prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements and documents in connection therewith, with the
     SEC; and

          (iv) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to the offer and
     sale of up to $1,650,000,000 principal amount of unsecured
     debt securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
     all exhibits thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements, pricing supplements and documents in connection
     therewith, with the SEC; and

          (v)  Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statement relating to the offer and
     resale from time to time of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock by the Trustee of the Reynolds Metals Company Pension
     Plans Master Trust, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus supplements,
     pricing supplements and documents in connection therewith,
     with the SEC;

granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          This Power of Attorney shall expire on the 28th day of
February, 1998.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Power of Attorney on the 21st day of February,
1997.



                                   Patricia C. Barron
                                   ______________________________
                                   Patricia C. Barron




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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints D. Michael Jones and Brenda A.
Hart, or either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities (including without limitation in any capacity on
behalf of Reynolds Metals Company (the "Company")), to

          (i)  Sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all
     amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, if any,
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and
     to take all such other action which they or either of them
     may consider necessary or desirable in connection therewith,
     all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended; and

          (ii) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to (a) the offer
     and sale of interests in the Reynolds Metals Company Savings
     and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and an indefinite
     number of shares of the Company's common stock, without par
     value (the "Common Stock") in connection therewith; (b) the
     offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees; (c) the
     offer and sale of up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Employees
     Savings Plan; (d) the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1982 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (e) the offer and sale
     of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (f) the
     offer and sale of up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock
     under the Reynolds Metals Company 1992 Nonqualified Stock
     Option Plan; (g) the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (h) the offer and sale
     of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Performance Incentive Plan; and (i) the offer
     and sale of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock under the
     Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside
     Directors; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC; and

         (iii) Sign any and all Registration Statements on Form S-
     3, or on such other form as may be appropriate, for
     registration of the shares of Common Stock and Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock (without par value) of
     the Company, issuable upon exercise of Rights (as defined in
     the Rights Agreement between the Company and The Chase
     Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated as of November 23, 1987, as
     amended from time to time) and any and all amendments
     (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
     Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all preliminary prospectuses, prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements and documents in connection therewith, with the
     SEC; and

          (iv) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to the offer and
     sale of up to $1,650,000,000 principal amount of unsecured
     debt securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
     all exhibits thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements, pricing supplements and documents in connection
     therewith, with the SEC; and

          (v)  Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statement relating to the offer and
     resale from time to time of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock by the Trustee of the Reynolds Metals Company Pension
     Plans Master Trust, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus supplements,
     pricing supplements and documents in connection therewith,
     with the SEC;

granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          This Power of Attorney shall expire on the 16th day of
April, 1997.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Power of Attorney on the 21st day of February,
1997.



                                   William O. Bourke
                                   ______________________________
                                   William O. Bourke




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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints D. Michael Jones and Brenda A.
Hart, or either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities (including without limitation in any capacity on
behalf of Reynolds Metals Company (the "Company")), to

          (i)  Sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all
     amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, if any,
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and
     to take all such other action which they or either of them
     may consider necessary or desirable in connection therewith,
     all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended; and

          (ii) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to (a) the offer
     and sale of interests in the Reynolds Metals Company Savings
     and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and an indefinite
     number of shares of the Company's common stock, without par
     value (the "Common Stock") in connection therewith; (b) the
     offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees; (c) the
     offer and sale of up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Employees
     Savings Plan; (d) the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1982 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (e) the offer and sale
     of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (f) the
     offer and sale of up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock
     under the Reynolds Metals Company 1992 Nonqualified Stock
     Option Plan; (g) the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (h) the offer and sale
     of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Performance Incentive Plan; and (i) the offer
     and sale of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock under the
     Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside
     Directors; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC; and

         (iii) Sign any and all Registration Statements on Form S-
     3, or on such other form as may be appropriate, for
     registration of the shares of Common Stock and Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock (without par value) of
     the Company, issuable upon exercise of Rights (as defined in
     the Rights Agreement between the Company and The Chase
     Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated as of November 23, 1987, as
     amended from time to time) and any and all amendments
     (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
     Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all preliminary prospectuses, prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements and documents in connection therewith, with the
     SEC; and

          (iv) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to the offer and
     sale of up to $1,650,000,000 principal amount of unsecured
     debt securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
     all exhibits thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements, pricing supplements and documents in connection
     therewith, with the SEC; and

          (v)  Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statement relating to the offer and
     resale from time to time of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock by the Trustee of the Reynolds Metals Company Pension
     Plans Master Trust, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus supplements,
     pricing supplements and documents in connection therewith,
     with the SEC;

granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          This Power of Attorney shall expire on the 28th day of
February, 1998.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Power of Attorney on the 21st day of February,
1997.



                                   John R. Hall
                                   ______________________________
                                   John R. Hall




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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints D. Michael Jones and Brenda A.
Hart, or either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities (including without limitation in any capacity on
behalf of Reynolds Metals Company (the "Company")), to

          (i)  Sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all
     amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, if any,
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and
     to take all such other action which they or either of them
     may consider necessary or desirable in connection therewith,
     all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended; and

          (ii) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to (a) the offer
     and sale of interests in the Reynolds Metals Company Savings
     and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and an indefinite
     number of shares of the Company's common stock, without par
     value (the "Common Stock") in connection therewith; (b) the
     offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees; (c) the
     offer and sale of up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Employees
     Savings Plan; (d) the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1982 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (e) the offer and sale
     of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (f) the
     offer and sale of up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock
     under the Reynolds Metals Company 1992 Nonqualified Stock
     Option Plan; (g) the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (h) the offer and sale
     of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Performance Incentive Plan; and (i) the offer
     and sale of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock under the
     Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside
     Directors; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC; and

         (iii) Sign any and all Registration Statements on Form S-
     3, or on such other form as may be appropriate, for
     registration of the shares of Common Stock and Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock (without par value) of
     the Company, issuable upon exercise of Rights (as defined in
     the Rights Agreement between the Company and The Chase
     Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated as of November 23, 1987, as
     amended from time to time) and any and all amendments
     (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
     Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all preliminary prospectuses, prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements and documents in connection therewith, with the
     SEC; and

          (iv) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to the offer and
     sale of up to $1,650,000,000 principal amount of unsecured
     debt securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
     all exhibits thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements, pricing supplements and documents in connection
     therewith, with the SEC; and

          (v)  Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statement relating to the offer and
     resale from time to time of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock by the Trustee of the Reynolds Metals Company Pension
     Plans Master Trust, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus supplements,
     pricing supplements and documents in connection therewith,
     with the SEC;

granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          This Power of Attorney shall expire on the 28th day of
February, 1998.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Power of Attorney on the 21st day of February,
1997.



                                   Robert L. Hintz
                                   ______________________________
                                   Robert L. Hintz




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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints D. Michael Jones and Brenda A.
Hart, or either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities (including without limitation in any capacity on
behalf of Reynolds Metals Company (the "Company")), to

          (i)  Sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all
     amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, if any,
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and
     to take all such other action which they or either of them
     may consider necessary or desirable in connection therewith,
     all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended; and

          (ii) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to (a) the offer
     and sale of interests in the Reynolds Metals Company Savings
     and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and an indefinite
     number of shares of the Company's common stock, without par
     value (the "Common Stock") in connection therewith; (b) the
     offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees; (c) the
     offer and sale of up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Employees
     Savings Plan; (d) the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1982 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (e) the offer and sale
     of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (f) the
     offer and sale of up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock
     under the Reynolds Metals Company 1992 Nonqualified Stock
     Option Plan; (g) the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (h) the offer and sale
     of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Performance Incentive Plan; and (i) the offer
     and sale of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock under the
     Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside
     Directors; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC; and

         (iii) Sign any and all Registration Statements on Form S-
     3, or on such other form as may be appropriate, for
     registration of the shares of Common Stock and Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock (without par value) of
     the Company, issuable upon exercise of Rights (as defined in
     the Rights Agreement between the Company and The Chase
     Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated as of November 23, 1987, as
     amended from time to time) and any and all amendments
     (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
     Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all preliminary prospectuses, prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements and documents in connection therewith, with the
     SEC; and

          (iv) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to the offer and
     sale of up to $1,650,000,000 principal amount of unsecured
     debt securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
     all exhibits thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements, pricing supplements and documents in connection
     therewith, with the SEC; and

          (v)  Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statement relating to the offer and
     resale from time to time of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock by the Trustee of the Reynolds Metals Company Pension
     Plans Master Trust, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus supplements,
     pricing supplements and documents in connection therewith,
     with the SEC;

granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          This Power of Attorney shall expire on the 28th day of
February, 1998.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Power of Attorney on the 21st day of February,
1997.



                                   William H. Joyce
                                   ______________________________
                                   William H. Joyce




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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints D. Michael Jones and Brenda A.
Hart, or either of them, her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities (including without limitation in any capacity on
behalf of Reynolds Metals Company (the "Company")), to

          (i)  Sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all
     amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, if any,
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and
     to take all such other action which they or either of them
     may consider necessary or desirable in connection therewith,
     all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended; and

          (ii) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to (a) the offer
     and sale of interests in the Reynolds Metals Company Savings
     and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and an indefinite
     number of shares of the Company's common stock, without par
     value (the "Common Stock") in connection therewith; (b) the
     offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees; (c) the
     offer and sale of up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Employees
     Savings Plan; (d) the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1982 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (e) the offer and sale
     of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (f) the
     offer and sale of up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock
     under the Reynolds Metals Company 1992 Nonqualified Stock
     Option Plan; (g) the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (h) the offer and sale
     of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Performance Incentive Plan; and (i) the offer
     and sale of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock under the
     Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside
     Directors; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC; and

         (iii) Sign any and all Registration Statements on Form S-
     3, or on such other form as may be appropriate, for
     registration of the shares of Common Stock and Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock (without par value) of
     the Company, issuable upon exercise of Rights (as defined in
     the Rights Agreement between the Company and The Chase
     Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated as of November 23, 1987, as
     amended from time to time) and any and all amendments
     (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
     Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all preliminary prospectuses, prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements and documents in connection therewith, with the
     SEC; and

          (iv) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to the offer and
     sale of up to $1,650,000,000 principal amount of unsecured
     debt securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
     all exhibits thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements, pricing supplements and documents in connection
     therewith, with the SEC; and

          (v)  Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statement relating to the offer and
     resale from time to time of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock by the Trustee of the Reynolds Metals Company Pension
     Plans Master Trust, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus supplements,
     pricing supplements and documents in connection therewith,
     with the SEC;

granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          This Power of Attorney shall expire on the 28th day of
February, 1998.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Power of Attorney on the 21st day of February,
1997.



                                   Mylle Bell Mangum
                                   ______________________________
                                   Mylle Bell Mangum




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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints D. Michael Jones and Brenda A.
Hart, or either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities (including without limitation in any capacity on
behalf of Reynolds Metals Company (the "Company")), to

          (i)  Sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all
     amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, if any,
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and
     to take all such other action which they or either of them
     may consider necessary or desirable in connection therewith,
     all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended; and

          (ii) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to (a) the offer
     and sale of interests in the Reynolds Metals Company Savings
     and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and an indefinite
     number of shares of the Company's common stock, without par
     value (the "Common Stock") in connection therewith; (b) the
     offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees; (c) the
     offer and sale of up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Employees
     Savings Plan; (d) the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1982 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (e) the offer and sale
     of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (f) the
     offer and sale of up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock
     under the Reynolds Metals Company 1992 Nonqualified Stock
     Option Plan; (g) the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (h) the offer and sale
     of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Performance Incentive Plan; and (i) the offer
     and sale of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock under the
     Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside
     Directors; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC; and

         (iii) Sign any and all Registration Statements on Form S-
     3, or on such other form as may be appropriate, for
     registration of the shares of Common Stock and Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock (without par value) of
     the Company, issuable upon exercise of Rights (as defined in
     the Rights Agreement between the Company and The Chase
     Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated as of November 23, 1987, as
     amended from time to time) and any and all amendments
     (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
     Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all preliminary prospectuses, prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements and documents in connection therewith, with the
     SEC; and

          (iv) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to the offer and
     sale of up to $1,650,000,000 principal amount of unsecured
     debt securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
     all exhibits thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements, pricing supplements and documents in connection
     therewith, with the SEC; and

          (v)  Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statement relating to the offer and
     resale from time to time of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock by the Trustee of the Reynolds Metals Company Pension
     Plans Master Trust, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus supplements,
     pricing supplements and documents in connection therewith,
     with the SEC;

granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          This Power of Attorney shall expire on the 28th day of
February, 1998.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Power of Attorney on the 21st day of February,
1997.



                                   D. Larry Moore
                                   ______________________________
                                   D. Larry Moore




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                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints D. Michael Jones and Brenda A.
Hart, or either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities (including without limitation in any capacity on
behalf of Reynolds Metals Company (the "Company")), to

          (i)  Sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all
     amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, if any,
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and
     to take all such other action which they or either of them
     may consider necessary or desirable in connection therewith,
     all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended; and

          (ii) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to (a) the offer
     and sale of interests in the Reynolds Metals Company Savings
     and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and an indefinite
     number of shares of the Company's common stock, without par
     value (the "Common Stock") in connection therewith; (b) the
     offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees; (c) the
     offer and sale of up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Employees
     Savings Plan; (d) the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1982 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (e) the offer and sale
     of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (f) the
     offer and sale of up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock
     under the Reynolds Metals Company 1992 Nonqualified Stock
     Option Plan; (g) the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (h) the offer and sale
     of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Performance Incentive Plan; and (i) the offer
     and sale of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock under the
     Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside
     Directors; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC; and

         (iii) Sign any and all Registration Statements on Form S-
     3, or on such other form as may be appropriate, for
     registration of the shares of Common Stock and Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock (without par value) of
     the Company, issuable upon exercise of Rights (as defined in
     the Rights Agreement between the Company and The Chase
     Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated as of November 23, 1987, as
     amended from time to time) and any and all amendments
     (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
     Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all preliminary prospectuses, prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements and documents in connection therewith, with the
     SEC; and

          (iv) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to the offer and
     sale of up to $1,650,000,000 principal amount of unsecured
     debt securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
     all exhibits thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements, pricing supplements and documents in connection
     therewith, with the SEC; and

          (v)  Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statement relating to the offer and
     resale from time to time of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock by the Trustee of the Reynolds Metals Company Pension
     Plans Master Trust, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus supplements,
     pricing supplements and documents in connection therewith,
     with the SEC;

granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          This Power of Attorney shall expire on the 28th day of
February, 1998.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Power of Attorney on the 21st day of February,
1997.



                                   James M. Ringler
                                   ______________________________
                                   James M. Ringler




F:\BFH\SEC\POA.97

                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints D. Michael Jones and Brenda A.
Hart, or either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities (including without limitation in any capacity on
behalf of Reynolds Metals Company (the "Company")), to

          (i)  Sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all
     amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, if any,
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and
     to take all such other action which they or either of them
     may consider necessary or desirable in connection therewith,
     all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended; and

          (ii) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to (a) the offer
     and sale of interests in the Reynolds Metals Company Savings
     and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and an indefinite
     number of shares of the Company's common stock, without par
     value (the "Common Stock") in connection therewith; (b) the
     offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees; (c) the
     offer and sale of up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Employees
     Savings Plan; (d) the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1982 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (e) the offer and sale
     of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (f) the
     offer and sale of up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock
     under the Reynolds Metals Company 1992 Nonqualified Stock
     Option Plan; (g) the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (h) the offer and sale
     of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Performance Incentive Plan; and (i) the offer
     and sale of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock under the
     Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside
     Directors; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC; and

         (iii) Sign any and all Registration Statements on Form S-
     3, or on such other form as may be appropriate, for
     registration of the shares of Common Stock and Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock (without par value) of
     the Company, issuable upon exercise of Rights (as defined in
     the Rights Agreement between the Company and The Chase
     Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated as of November 23, 1987, as
     amended from time to time) and any and all amendments
     (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
     Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all preliminary prospectuses, prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements and documents in connection therewith, with the
     SEC; and

          (iv) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to the offer and
     sale of up to $1,650,000,000 principal amount of unsecured
     debt securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
     all exhibits thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements, pricing supplements and documents in connection
     therewith, with the SEC; and

          (v)  Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statement relating to the offer and
     resale from time to time of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock by the Trustee of the Reynolds Metals Company Pension
     Plans Master Trust, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus supplements,
     pricing supplements and documents in connection therewith,
     with the SEC;

granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          This Power of Attorney shall expire on the 28th day of
February, 1998.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Power of Attorney on the 21st day of February,
1997.



                                   Samuel C. Scott, III
                                   ______________________________
                                   Samuel C. Scott, III




F:\BFH\SEC\POA.97


                       POWER OF ATTORNEY



          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints D. Michael Jones and Brenda A.
Hart, or either of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities (including without limitation in any capacity on
behalf of Reynolds Metals Company (the "Company")), to

          (i)  Sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company
     for the year ended December 31, 1996 and any and all
     amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, if any,
     with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and
     to take all such other action which they or either of them
     may consider necessary or desirable in connection therewith,
     all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
     as amended; and

          (ii) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to (a) the offer
     and sale of interests in the Reynolds Metals Company Savings
     and Investment Plan for Salaried Employees and an indefinite
     number of shares of the Company's common stock, without par
     value (the "Common Stock") in connection therewith; (b) the
     offer and sale of up to 900,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Savings Plan for Hourly Employees; (c) the
     offer and sale of up to 50,000 shares of Common Stock
     together with an indeterminate amount of interests to be
     offered and sold in connection therewith under the Employees
     Savings Plan; (d) the offer and sale of up to 1,200,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1982 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (e) the offer and sale
     of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company 1987 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (f) the
     offer and sale of up to 3,250,000 shares of Common Stock
     under the Reynolds Metals Company 1992 Nonqualified Stock
     Option Plan; (g) the offer and sale of up to 2,000,000
     shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds Metals Company
     1996 Nonqualified Stock Option Plan; (h) the offer and sale
     of up to 100,000 shares of Common Stock under the Reynolds
     Metals Company Performance Incentive Plan; and (i) the offer
     and sale of up to 30,000 shares of Common Stock under the
     Reynolds Metals Company Restricted Stock Plan for Outside
     Directors; and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all documents in connection therewith, with the SEC; and

         (iii) Sign any and all Registration Statements on Form S-
     3, or on such other form as may be appropriate, for
     registration of the shares of Common Stock and Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock (without par value) of
     the Company, issuable upon exercise of Rights (as defined in
     the Rights Agreement between the Company and The Chase
     Manhattan Bank, N.A., dated as of November 23, 1987, as
     amended from time to time) and any and all amendments
     (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
     Statements, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto,
     and all preliminary prospectuses, prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements and documents in connection therewith, with the
     SEC; and

          (iv) Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statements relating to the offer and
     sale of up to $1,650,000,000 principal amount of unsecured
     debt securities of the Company, and to file the same, with
     all exhibits thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus
     supplements, pricing supplements and documents in connection
     therewith, with the SEC; and

          (v)  Sign any and all post-effective amendments to the
     Company's Registration Statement relating to the offer and
     resale from time to time of up to 3,000,000 shares of Common
     Stock by the Trustee of the Reynolds Metals Company Pension
     Plans Master Trust, and to file the same, with all exhibits
     thereto, and all prospectuses, prospectus supplements,
     pricing supplements and documents in connection therewith,
     with the SEC;

granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

          This Power of Attorney shall expire on the 28th day of
February, 1998.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and
delivered this Power of Attorney on the 21st day of February,
1997.



                                   Joe B. Wyatt
                                   ______________________________
                                   Joe B. Wyatt




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