POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Thomas L. Young and James
W. Baehren, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
Owens-Illinois, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable
to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by
such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any
of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to
 all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
 such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed
as of this 11th day of July, 2001.


/s/ Philip McWeeny___________
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