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EXHIBIT 24.1a
THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned
individuals, in their capacity as a director or officer, or both, as hereinafter
set forth below their signature, of THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("Williams"'), does hereby constitute and appoint WILLIAM G. von
GLAHN, SHAWNA L. GEHRES, and SUZANNE H. COSTIN their true and lawful attorneys
and each of them (with full power to act without the others) their true and
lawful attorneys for them and in their name and in their capacity as a director
or officer, or both, of Williams, as hereinafter set forth below their
signature, to sign a registration statement or post-effective amendment to a
registration statement on Form S-3 for the registration of equity securities of
Williams with an initial aggregate offering price not to exceed one billion
seven hundred and seventy-five million dollars ($l,775,000,000), and any and all
amendments to said registration statement and any and all instruments necessary
or incidental in connection therewith; and
THAT the undersigned Williams does hereby constitute and appoint
WILLIAM G. von GLAHN, SHAWNA L. GEHRES, and SUZANNE H. COSTIN its true and
lawful attorneys and each of them (with full power to act without the others)
its true and lawful attorney for it and in its name and on its behalf to sign
said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto and any and all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith.
Each of said attorneys shall have full power of substitution and
resubstitution, and said attorneys or any of them or any substitute appointed by
any of them hereunder shall have full power and authority to do and perform in
the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned, in any and all capacities,
every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as each of the undersigned might or could do in
person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said
attorneys or any of them or of any such substitute pursuant hereto.
IN WITTNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument, all
as of the 16th day of November, 2000.
/s/ KEITH E. BAILEY /s/ JACK D. McCARTHY
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Keith E. Bailey Jack D. McCarthy
Chairman of the Board, Senior Vice President
President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ GARY R. BELITZ
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Gary R. Belitz
Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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/s/ HUGH M. CHAPMAN /s/ GLENN A. COX
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Hugh M. Chapman Glenn A Cox
Director Director
/s/ THOMAS H. CRUIKSHANK /s/ WILLIAM E. GREEN
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Thomas H. Cruikshank William E. Green
Director Director
/s/ W. R. HOWELL /s/ JAMES C. LEWIS
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W. R. Howell James C. Lewis
Director Director
/s/ CHARLES M. LILLIS
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Charles M. Lillis Frank T. MacInnis
Director Director
/s/ PETER C. MEINIG /s/ GORDON R. PARKER
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Peter C. Meinig Gordon R. Parker
Director Director
/s/ JANICE D. STONEY /s/ JOSEPH H. WILLIAMS
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Janice D. Stoney Joseph H. Williams
Director Director
THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.
By: /s/ WILLIAM G. VON GLAHN
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William G. von Glahn
ATTEST:
/s/ SHAWNA L. GEHRES
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Shawna L. Gehres
Secretary
