FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION	OMB APPROVAL
[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP	OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response. ... 0.5
(Print or Type Responses)	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Wege Peter M. (Last) (First) (Middle)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 1/68/03
c/o Jeffrey A. Ott 111 Lyon Street, N.W., Suite 900 (Street)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
Grand Rapids MI 49503 (City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Steelcase Inc. (SCS)	6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	7. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2.Transaction Date (Month/ Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6.Ownership Form: Di- rect (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class A Common Stock	1/68/03		S		2860,~~700~~900	D	$11.~~0034~~0001	see below	I	By Trust (1)
Class A Common Stock	1/79/03		S		~~256~~32,~~832~~800	D	$11.~~0011~~0026	5,~~198~~104,~~268~~568	I	By Trust (1)
Class A Common Stock								1,132,785	I	By Trust (2)
Class A Common Stock								4,300	I	By Trust (3)

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/ Day/Year)	3A.Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Month (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:
(1) Held by Trust of which Mr. Wege serves as trustee
(2) Held by Trust of which Mr. Wege serves as co-trustee
(3) Held by Trust of which Mr. Wege serves as trustee

By:	/s/ Peter M. Wege	January 810, 2003
	**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
	Peter M. Wege
	By Jeffrey A. Ott
	Attorney-In-Fact

Reminder:	Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* **	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note:	File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure

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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned does hereby appoint W. MICHAEL VAN HAREN, JEFFREY A. OTT, THOMAS SWETS and DOUGLAS KLEIN, or any one or more of them, with full power of substitution, his attorneys and agents to do any and all acts and things and to execute and file any and all documents and instruments that such attorneys and agents, or any of them, consider necessary or advisable to enable the undersigned (in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or other capacity) to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with his or her intended sale of any security related to Steelcase Inc. (the "Company") pursuant to Rule 144 issued under the Securities Act and the preparation, execution and filing of any report or statement of beneficial ownership or changes in beneficial ownership of securities of the Company that the undersigned (in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or other capacity) may be required to file pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act including, without limitation, full power and authority to sign the undersigned's name, in his individual capacity or in a fiduciary or other capacity, to any report or statement on Form 3, 4, 5 or 144, or to any amendments or any successor forms thereto, or any form or forms adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in lieu thereof or in addition thereto, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

The undersigned agrees that the attorneys-in-fact named herein may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned to such attorneys-in-fact.

This authorization shall supersede all prior authorizations to act for the undersigned with respect to securities of the Company in these matters, which prior authorizations are hereby revoked.

Date: August 20, 2002	/s/ Peter M. Wege
	Peter M. Wege

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