Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the undersigned directors and the
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer of MINNESOTA MINING AND
MANUFACTURING COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, hereby constitute and
appoint Livio D. DeSimone, Robert J. Burgstahler, John J. Ursu, Roger P.
Smith, Janet L. Yeomans and Gregg M. Larson, or any of them, their true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them with full power to
act without the others, for them and in their name, place, and stead, in
any and all capacities, to do any and all acts and things and execute any
and all instruments which said attorneys and agents may deem necessary or
desirable to enable MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY to comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to file a registration
statement or statements covering not to exceed 1,600,000 shares of
outstanding common stock of this Corporation which may be issued in
connection with the acquisition Robinson Nugent, Inc. and any and all
registration and/or qualification (or exemption therefrom) of the
Corporation's common stock for issue, offer, sale, or trade under the Blue
Sky or securities laws of any of the states of the United States of America
or the District of Columbia and in connection therewith to prepare,
execute, certify, acknowledge, verify, deliver, file or cause to be
published any applications, reports, consents to service of process,
appointments of attorneys to receive service of process, and all other
documents or instruments which may be required under such laws, and to take
any and all further action which they may deem necessary or advisable in
order to maintain such registration or qualification for as long as they
deem necessary or as required by law, and that this Board of Directors
hereby adopts the form of any and all resolutions required by any such
state authority to be filed in connection with any such application,
report, consent to service of process, appointment of attorneys to receive
service of process or other document or instrument if (1) in the opinion of
the officer so acting, the adoption of such resolution is necessary or
advisable, and (2) the Secretary evidences such adoption by filing with the
minutes of this meeting copies of such resolutions, which shall thereupon
be deemed to be adopted by this Board of Directors and incorporated in the
minutes as part of this resolution with the same force and effect as if
presented and adopted at this meeting.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have subscribed these presents
this 14th day of August, 2000.
/s/ Livio D. DeSimone /s/ Robert J. Burgstahler
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Livio D. DeSimone, Chairman of the Robert J. Burgstahler, Vice
Board and Chief Executive Officer, President, Principal Accounting
Director Officer
/s/ Linda G. Alvarado /s/ Rozanne L. Ridgway
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Linda G. Alvarado, Director Rozanne L. Ridgway, Director
/s/ Ronald O. Baukol /s/ Frank Shrontz
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Ronald O. Baukol, Director Frank Shrontz, Director
/s/ Edward M. Liddy /s/ F. Alan Smith
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Edward M. Liddy, Director F. Alan Smith, Director
/s/ Aulana L. Peters
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Aulana L. Peters, Director
