Exhibit 31.1




     Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and
              15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act, as amended

I, Edward F. Ruttenberg, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:

     1.   I have  reviewed  this annual  report on Form 10-K of American  Locker
          Group Incorporated (the "Registrant"):
     2.   Based on my knowledge,  this annual report does not contain any untrue
          statement  of a  material  fact  or  omit to  state  a  material  fact
          necessary to make the statements  made, in light of the  circumstances
          under which such  statements were made, not misleading with respect to
          the period covered by this annual report;
     3.   Based on my knowledge,  the financial statements,  and other financial
          information  included in this  annual  report,  fairly  present in all
          material respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and
          cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods  presented in
          this annual report;
     4.   The registrant's  other certifying  officers and I are responsible for
          establishing  and maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
          defined in Exchange  Act Rules  13a-14 and 15d-14) for the  registrant
          and have:
               a)   designed such disclosure controls and procedures,  or caused
                    such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
                    our  supervision,   to  ensure  that  material   information
                    relating  to  the  registrant,  including  its  consolidated
                    subsidiaries,  is made  known to us by others  within  those
                    entities,  particularly  during  the  period  in which  this
                    annual report is being prepared;
               b)   evaluated the  effectiveness of the registrant's  disclosure
                    controls  and  procedures  and  presented in this report our
                    conclusions   about  the  effectiveness  of  the  disclosure
                    controls and procedures, as the end of the period covered by
                    this report based on such evaluation; and
               c)   disclosed  in this  report  any  change in the  registrant's
                    internal  control over  financial  reporting  that  occurred
                    during the registrant's  most recent fiscal quarter that has
                    materially  affected or is  reasonably  likely to materially
                    affect the  registrant's  internal  control  over  financial
                    reporting; and
     5.   The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based
          on our most recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
          reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the
          registrant's  board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
          functions):
               a)   all significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                    design or  operation  of internal  controls  over  financial
                    reporting  which are reasonably  likely to adversely  affect
                    the registrant's ability to record,  process,  summarize and
                    report financial information; and
               b)   any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                    or  other  employees  who  have a  significant  role  in the
                    registrant's internal controls over financial reporting.

Date: March 26, 2004

By:  /s/Edward F. Ruttenberg
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     Edward F. Ruttenberg
     Chief Executive Officer