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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ John F. Bergstrom
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John F. Bergstrom
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of November,
2000.
/s/ Pastora San Juan Cafferty
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Pastora San Juan Cafferty
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ Paul S. Collins
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Paul S. Collins
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ Robert W. Decherd
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Robert W. Decherd
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ William O. Fifield
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William O. Fifield
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ Claudio X. Gonzalez
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Claudio X. Gonzalez
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ Frank A. McPherson
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Frank A. McPherson
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ Linda Johnson Rice
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Linda Johnson Rice
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act of shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ Wolfgang R. Schmitt
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Wolfgang R. Schmitt
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value,
of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ Randall L. Tobias
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Randall L. Tobias
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value,
of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ Thomas J. Falk
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Thomas J. Falk
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director
and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned the Corporation's Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the
registration under the Securities Act shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value,
of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's Outside Directors' Stock Option Plan, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one
of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of November,
2000.
/s/ Wayne R. Sanders
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Wayne R. Sanders
