EX-24 12 w58417ex24.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that V.F. Corporation and the undersigned directors and officers of V.F. Corporation do hereby constitute and appoint Candace S. Cummings, Robert K. Shearer, and Mackey J. McDonald, and each of them, true and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned to execute on their behalf the Annual Report of V.F. Corporation on Form 10-K (including any amendments thereof) for the fiscal year of V.F. Corporation ended December 29, 2001, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this Power of Attorney this 12th day of February, 2002. V.F. CORPORATION ATTEST: By: /s/ Mackey J. McDonald -------------------------------- /s/ Candace S. Cummings Mackey J. McDonald -------------------------------- Chairman of the Board, President Candace S. Cummings and Chief Executive Officer Secretary Principal Executive Officer: Principal Financial Officer: /s/ Mackey J. McDonald /s/ Robert K. Shearer -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Mackey J. McDonald Robert K. Shearer Chairman of the Board, President Vice President-Finance and and Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer /s/ Robert D. Buzzell /s/ Edward E. Crutchfield -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Robert D. Buzzell, Director Edward E. Crutchfield, Director /s/ Juan Ernesto de Bedout /s/ Ursula F. Fairbairn -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Juan Ernesto de Bedout, Director Ursula F. Fairbairn, Director /s/ Barbara S. Feigin /s/ George Fellows -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Barbara S. Feigin, Director George Fellows, Director /s/ Robert J. Hurst -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Daniel R. Hesse, Director Robert J. Hurst, Director /s/ W. Alan McCollough /s/ Mackey J. McDonald -------------------------------- -------------------------------- W. Alan McCollough, Director Mackey J. McDonald, Director -------------------------------- M. Rust Sharp, Director