THOMAS A. CORCORAN

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

"Know all by these presents, that the undersigned "
"hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of "
"Jonathan A. Greenberg, Susan E. Pendery and "
"Cynthia A. Eaton, acting individually, as the "
"undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, "
with full power and authority as hereinafter
"described on behalf of and in the name, place "
and stead of the undersigned to:

- -1	"prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver"
and file Forms 4 and 5 (including any amendments
thereto) with respect to the securities of United
"Industrial Corporation, a Delaware corporation"
"(the ""Company""), with the United States Securities "
"and Exchange Commission, any national securities "
"exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary "
or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations
"promulgated there under, as amended from time to"
"time (the ""Exchange Act"");"

- -2	"seek or obtain, as the undersigned's"
"representative and on the undersigned's behalf,"
information on transactions in the Company's
"securities from any third party, including brokers,"
"employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, "
and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
person to release any such information to the
undersigned and approves and ratifies any such
release of information; and

- -3	perform any and all other acts which in the
discretion of such attorney- in-fact are necessary
or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

- -1	"this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does"
"not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in"
their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification
of such information;

- -2	any documents prepared and/or executed by
either such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
will be in such form and will contain such
information and disclosure as such attorney-in-
"fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;"

- -3	neither the Company nor either of such
attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for
the undersigned's responsibility to comply with
"the requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any "
liability of the undersigned for any failure to
"comply with such requirements, or (iii) any"
obligation or liability of the undersigned for
profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act; and

- -4	this Power of Attorney does not relieve
the undersigned from responsibility for compliance
with the undersigned's obligations under the
"Exchange Act, including without limitation the"
reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act
"and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or"
appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as
"the undersigned might or could do if present, "
hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-
"fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned,"
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Limited Power of Attorney.

This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in
full force and effect until revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
each such attorney-in-fact.

"IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused "
this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed as
"of this 17th day of May, 2007."


THOMAS A. CORCORAN


/s/ THOMAS A. CORCORAN
Signature






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