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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Jeffrey T. Cook, Keith T. Fujinaga, Susan
M. Iverson and each of them, severally as attorney-in-fact for him or her in any
and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Penford
Corporation for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2000, and to file same and any
amendments, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
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SIGNATURE DATE
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/s/ Jeffrey T. Cook October 17, 2000
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Jeffrey T. Cook, Director
/s/ Paul H. Hatfield October 17, 2000
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Paul H. Hatfield, Director
/s/ John C. Hunter III October 17, 2000
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John C. Hunter III, Director
/s/ Sally G. Narodick October 17, 2000
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Sally G. Narodick, Director
/s/ William G. Parzybok, Jr. October 17, 2000
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William G. Parzybok, Jr., Director
/s/ N. Stewart Rogers October 17, 2000
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N. Stewart Rogers, Director
/s/ William K. Street October 17, 2000
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William K. Street, Director
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