SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* MOHAPATRA SURYA N (Last) (First) (Middle) 3 GIRALDA FARMS (Street) MADISON NJ 07940 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 12/18/2007	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ITT CORP [ ITT ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	0(1)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. No securities beneficially owned as of 12/18/2007.

Remarks:

	/s/Kathleen S. Stolar, Secretary of ITT Corporation by power of attorney for Surya N. Mohapatra	12/19/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY



	The undersigned does hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Vincent A. Maffeo
and Kathleen S. Stolar, or either of them, his or her true and lawful attorney
and agent to do any and all acts and things and execute and file any and all
instruments which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, may deem necessary
or advisable to enable the undersigned (in his or her individual capacity or in
any other capacity) to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "34
Act") and the Securities Act of 1933 (the "33 Act") and any requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in respect thereof, in connection
with the preparation, execution and/or filing of (i) any report or statement of
beneficial ownership or changes in beneficial ownership of securities of ITT
Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the "Company"), that the undersigned (in
his or her individual capacity or in any other capacity) may be required to file
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the 34 Act, including any report or statement on
Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5, or to any amendment thereto, (ii) any report or notice
required under Rule 144 of the 33 Act, including Form 144, or any amendment
thereto,  and (iii) any and all other documents or instruments that may be
necessary or desirable in connection with or in furtherance of any of the
foregoing, such power and authority to extend to any form or forms adopted by
the SEC in lieu of or in addition to any of the foregoing and to include full
power and authority to sign the undersigned's name in his or her individual
capacity or otherwise, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys
and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

	This authorization shall supersede all prior authorizations to act for the
undersigned with respect to securities of the Company in such matters, which
prior authorizations are hereby revoked, and shall remain in effect for so long
as the undersigned (in his or her individual or other capacity) has any
obligations under Section 16 of the 34 Act with respect to securities of the
Company.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 10th_ day of
_December________, 2007_.



	___/s/Surya N. Mohapatra___