Exhibit 10(7)

                                 AMENDMENT TO
                             THE MEAD CORPORATION
                     INCENTIVE COMPENSATION ELECTION PLAN

     WHEREAS, The Mead Corporation ("Mead") established The Mead Corporation
Incentive Compensation Election Plan (the "Plan") and subsequently amended the
Plan, and

     WHEREAS, Mead desires to further amend the Plan pursuant to the power
reserved to Mead's Compensation Committee by Section 9 of the Plan;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of October 26,
2001, as follows:

     1.   Section 5(a), second paragraph, second sentence is revised to add
"Except as otherwise provided in the Plan," at the beginning thereof.

     2.   Section 5(b), first paragraph, first sentence is revised to delete the
word "Section" and add the word "Plan" in substitute thereof.

     3.   Section 6(c) is revised to add a new third paragraph to read as
follows:

          Notwithstanding any provision in the Plan to the contrary but subject
          to this Section 6(c) second paragraph (except as specifically
          otherwise provided in this paragraph), a former or current Employee
          can revise the Deferral Date and the number of installments (including
          a lump sum payment) to receive each incentive compensation award that
          has been deferred as follows:

               (i)    prior to a Change in Control, a former or current Employee
          may revise a previously elected Deferral Date and number of
          installments (such revision being permitted to include receiving all
          or a portion of an account in a lump sum following a Change in Control
          and prior to employment termination), provided that any such revision
          is effective only for distributions on or following a Change in
          Control and occurring during January 2003 and thereafter and with
          respect to all or a portion of the balance of such Employee's account
          on a Change in Control; and

               (ii)   at least three months prior to employment termination
          (whether before or after a Change in Control), a current Employee may
          file such revision with respect to the balance of such Employee's
          account on employment termination.

               An Employee can make revisions in accordance with this subsection
          on a form furnished by and filed with the person responsible for
          administering the Plan at any time prior to the dates stated in this
          subsection 6(c).

     4.   Section 9 is revised to (a) delete the word "and" and insert a comma
in substitute thereof, (b) delete the period at the end of the sentence and
insert the word "and" in substitute thereof and (c) add the following at the
end, "a former or current Employee's right to make or request revisions in
accordance with Sections 5 and 6 shall continue."