
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS that Robert P. Seass, Senior Vice
President and Controller of Dean Witter, Discover & Co., whose signature
appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Christine A. Edwards, Mitchell
M. Merin, Ronald T. Carman and Michael T. Gregg, and each of them singly, his
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all post-effective amendments to the following
registration statements on Form S-8 (any of which amendments may make such
changes and additions to such registration statements as such attorneys-in-
fact may deem necessary or appropriate) and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and any other documents that may be required in connection
therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof:

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     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Power of Attorney has been signed below by the undersigned in the
capacity indicated on this 15th day of November, 1996.


                                   /s/ Robert P. Seass 
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                                   Robert P. Seass 
                                   Senior Vice President and Controller 
                                   (Principal Accounting Officer)

