Exhibit 24.1
                                                    Form 10-K
                                             Limited Power of Attorney


         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of Ball Corporation, an
Indiana corporation, hereby constitute and appoint R. David Hoover and Raymond J. Seabrook, and any one or all of
them, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said
agents and attorneys-in-fact, and any one or more of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective
names as directors and officers of the Corporation the Form 10-K of the Corporation to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
to sign any amendment to such Form 10-K, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts taken by such agents and
attorneys-in-fact or any one of them, as herein authorized.

Date:          March 28, 2002
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/s/ R. David Hoover                                    /s/ Frank A. Bracken
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R. David Hoover               Officer                  Frank A. Bracken                 Director

/s/ Raymond J. Seabrook                                /s/ Howard M. Dean
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Raymond J. Seabrook           Officer                  Howard M. Dean                   Director

                                                       /s/ John T. Hackett
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                                                       John T. Hackett                  Director

                                                       /s/ R. David Hoover
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                                                       R. David Hoover                  Director

                                                       /s/ John F. Lehman
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                                                       John F. Lehman                   Director

                                                       /s/ Ruel C. Mercure, Jr.
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                                                       Ruel C. Mercure, Jr.             Director

                                                       /s/ Jan Nicholson
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                                                       Jan Nicholson                    Director

                                                       /s/ George A. Sissel
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                                                       George A. Sissel                 Director

                                                       /s/ William P. Stiritz
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                                                       William P. Stiritz               Director

                                                       /s/ Stuart A. Taylor II
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                                                       Stuart A. Taylor II              Director