EXHIBIT 31c

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, D. F. McNease, Chief Executive Officer of Rowan Companies, Inc., certify that:

1.	I have reviewed this amended annual report on Form 10-K/A of Rowan Companies, Inc.; and
2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report.

Date: April 1, 2005	/s/ D. F. MCNEASE
	D. F. McNease
	Chairman of the Board, President
	and Chief Executive Officer