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                                                                      Exhibit 24

                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Henry L. Meyer III
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, and
                               Director (Principal Executive Officer)
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Jeffrey B. Weeden
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Senior Executive Vice President and
                               Chief Financial Officer
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Lee. G. Irving
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting
                               Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Cecil D. Andrus
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ William G. Bares
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Edward P. Campbell
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Carol A. Cartwright
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Alexander M. Cutler
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Henry S. Hemingway
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Charles R. Hogan
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Shirley A. Jackson
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Douglas J. McGregor
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Eduardo R. Menasce
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Steven A. Minter
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Bill R. Sanford
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Thomas C. Stevens
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Dennis W. Sullivan
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director
<PAGE>
                                     KEYCORP
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         The undersigned, an officer or director, or both an officer and
director of KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, which anticipates filing with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement") and such other documents as may be applicable to
effect the registration of all KeyCorp Common Shares which may be issued and
sold under the KeyCorp Amended and Restated Discounted Stock Purchase Plan,
hereby constitutes and appoints Steven N. Bulloch, Paul N. Harris and Thomas C.
Stevens, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution for and in the name and stead of the
undersigned, to sign and file the proposed Registration Statement and any and
all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and other
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, pertaining to
the Registration Statement and to the securities to be registered thereunder,
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
requisite and necessary to be done, hereby ratifying and approving the acts of
such attorney or any such substitute or substitutes.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereto set his or her hand as
of May 22, 2003.

                               /s/ Peter G. Ten Eyck, II
                               -------------------------------------------------
                               Director

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