Exhibit 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of BankAmerica Corporation, and the several undersigned Officers and Directors thereof whose signatures appear below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Charles M. Berger and James W. Kiser, and each of them acting individually, its, his and her true and lawful attorneys with power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to execute, deliver and file in its, his and her name and on its, his and her behalf, and in each of the undersigned Officer's and Director's capacity or capacities as shown below, (a) one or more Registration Statements of BankAmerica Corporation on Form S-8 relating to the issuance of up to 120,000,000 shares of the Common Stock of BankAmerica Corporation pursuant to Take Ownership! The BankAmerica Global Associate Stock Option Program and any and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto and any and all amendments, including any and all post-effective amendments, to the foregoing (hereinafter called the "Registration Statements"), and (b) such registration statements, petitions, applications, consents to service of process or other instruments, any and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and any and all amendments or supplements to the foregoing, as may be necessary or advisable to qualify or register the securities covered by said Registration Statements under such securities laws, regulations or requirements as may be applicable; and each of BankAmerica Corporation and said Officers and Directors hereby grants to said attorneys, and to each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever as said attorneys or attorney may deem necessary or advisable to carry out fully the intent of this power of attorney to the same extent and with the same effect as BankAmerica Corporation might or could do, and as each of said Officers and Directors might or could do personally in his or her capacity or capacities as aforesaid, and each of BankAmerica Corporation and said Officers and Directors hereby ratifies and confirms all acts and things which said attorneys or attorney might do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and its, his or her signature as the same may be signed by said attorneys or attorney, or any of them, to any or all of the following (and/or any and all amendments and supplements to any or all thereof): such Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all such registration statements, petitions, applications, consents to service of process and other instruments, and any and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, under such securities laws, regulations and requirements as may be applicable. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, BankAmerica Corporation has caused this power of attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned Officers and Directors in the capacity or capacities noted has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date indicated below. BANKAMERICA CORPORATION By: /s/ Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Dated: October 28, 1998 Signature Title Date /s/ Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Chairman of the Board, October 28, 1998 Hugh L. McColl, Jr. Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ James H. Hance, Jr. Vice Chairman and October 28, 1998 James H. Hance, Jr. Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Marc D. Oken Executive Vice October 28, 1998 Marc D. Oken President and Principal Financial Executive (Principal Accounting Officer) /s/ Charles W. Coker Director October 28, 1998 Charles W. Coker Director October __, 1998 David A. Coulter /s/ Timm F. Crull Director October 28, 1998 Timm F. Crull /s/ Alan T. Dickson Director October 28, 1998 Alan T. Dickson /s/ Kathleen Feldstein Director October 28, 1998 Kathleen Feldstein /s/ Paul Fulton Director October 28, 1998 Paul Fulton /s/ Donald E. Guinn Director October 28, 1998 Donald E. Guinn /s/ C. Ray Holman Director October 28, 1998 C. Ray Holman /s/ W.W. Johnson Director October 28, 1998 W. W. Johnson /s/ Walter E. Massey Director October 28, 1998 Walter E. Massey /s/ Richard M. Rosenberg Director October 28, 1998 Richard M. Rosenberg /s/ O. Temple Sloan, Jr. Director October 28, 1998 O. Temple Sloan, Jr. /s/ Meredith R. Spangler Director October 28, 1998 Meredith R. Spangler /s/ A. Michael Spence Director October 28, 1998 A. Michael Spence /s/ Ronald Townsend Director October 28, 1998 Ronald Townsend Director October __, 1998 Solomon D. Trujillo /s/ Jackie M. Ward Director October 28, 1998 Jackie M. Ward /s/ Virgil R. Williams Director October 28, 1998 Virgil R. Williams /s/ Shirley Young Director October 28, 1998 Shirley Young BankAmerica Corporation Extract of Board of Director Resolutions September 23, 1998 RESOLVED, that James W. Kiser and Charles M. Berger be, and each of them with full power to act without the other hereby is, authorized and empowered to sign the aforesaid Registration Statements [relating to Take Ownership! The BankAmerica Global Associate Stock Option Program] and any amendment or amendments thereto (including any post-effective amendments) on behalf of and as attorneys for the Corporation and on behalf of and as attorneys for any of the following: the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the principal accounting officer and any other officer of the Corporation. CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY I, ALLISON L. GILLIAM, Assistant Secretary of BankAmerica Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct extract of resolutions duly adopted by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of said Corporation at a meeting of said Board of Directors held on September 23, 1998, at which meeting a quorum was present and acted throughout and that said resolution is in full force and effect and has not been amended or rescinded as of the date hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereupon set my hand and affixed the seal of said corporation this 29th day of December, 1998. (SEAL) /s/ Allison L. Gilliam Allison L. Gilliam Assistant Secretary