EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints John Scriven and J. Pedro Reinhard, acting severally, as
his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, to sign any registration
statement on Form S-8 and any or all amendments (including post-
effective amendments) to such registration statement in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933 of shares
of common stock, par value $2.50 per share, of The Dow Chemical
Company to be issued in connection with The Dow Chemical Company
1988 Award and Option Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorney-in-fact
and agent full power and authority to perform any act in
connection with any of the foregoing as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each attorney-in-fact
and agent is hereby granted full power of substitution and
revocation with respect hereto.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
A. A. ALLEMANG
A. A. Allemang Director and Vice August 3, 2000
President
J. K. BARTON
J. K. Barton Director August 1, 2000
F. H. BROD Vice President and
F. H. Brod Controller August 7, 2000
D. T. BUZZELLI
D. T. Buzzelli Director August 2, 2000
A. J. CARBONE
A. J. Carbone Director, Vice August 2, 2000
Chairman and
Executive Vice
President
J. M. COOK
J. M. Cook Director August 2, 2000
J. C. DANFORTH
J. C. Danforth Director August 1, 2000
W. D. DAVIS
W. D. Davis Director August 1, 2000
E. C. FALLA
E. C. Falla Director August 1, 2000
B. H. FRANKLIN
B. H. Franklin Director August 4, 2000
A. D. GILMOUR
A. D. Gilmour Director August 4, 2000
M. D. PARKER
M. D. Parker Director and August 4, 2000
Executive
Vice President
F. P. POPOFF
F. P. Popoff Director and August 7, 2000
Chairman of the
Board
J. P. REINHARD
J. P. Reinhard Director, Executive August 7, 2000
Vice
President and Chief
Financial Officer
H. T. SHAPIRO
H. T. Shapiro Director August 3, 2000
W. S. STAVROPOULOS
W. S. Stavropoulos Director, President August 7, 2000
and Chief Executive
Officer
P. G. STERN
P. G. Stern Director August 2, 2000
