EX-24 7 dex24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being a director or officer, or both, of WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint JEFF M. FETTIG and DANIEL F. HOPP, with full power to each of them to act alone, as the true and lawful attorneys and agents of the undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution to each of said attorneys, to execute, file or deliver any and all instruments and to do all acts and things which said attorneys and agents, or any of them, deem advisable to enable the Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection with the filing under said Securities Exchange Act of the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, including specifically, but without limitation of the general authority hereby granted, the power and authority to sign his or her name as a director or officer, or both, of the Corporation, as indicated below opposite his or her signature, to the Annual Report on Form 10-K, or any amendment, post-effective amendment, or papers supplemental thereto to be filed in respect of said Annual Report on Form 10-K; and each of the undersigned does hereby fully ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, or the substitute of any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed these presents, as of the 14th day of February, 2011.

 

Signature

  

Title

/S/    JEFF M. FETTIG

Jeff M. Fettig

  

Director, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/    MICHAEL A. TODMAN

Michael A. Todman

  

Director and President, Whirlpool
International

/S/    ROY W. TEMPLIN

Roy W. Templin

  

Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/    LARRY M. VENTURELLI

Larry M. Venturelli

  

Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller
and Chief Financial Officer, Whirlpool
International
(Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/    SAMUEL R. ALLEN

Samuel R. Allen

  

Director

/s/    HERMAN CAIN

Herman Cain

  

Director

/s/    GARY T. DICAMILLO

Gary T. DiCamillo

  

Director

/s/    KATHLEEN J. HEMPEL

Kathleen J. Hempel

  

Director

/s/    MICHAEL F. JOHNSTON

Michael F. Johnston

  

Director


Signature

  

Title

/s/    WILLIAM T. KERR

William T. Kerr

  

Director

/s/    JOHN D. LIU

John D. Liu

  

Director

/S/    MILES L. MARSH

Miles L. Marsh

  

Director

/s/    WILLIAM D. PEREZ

William D. Perez

  

Director

/s/    PAUL G. STERN

Paul G. Stern

  

Director

/s/    JANICE D. STONEY

Janice D. Stoney

  

Director

/s/    MICHAEL D. WHITE

Michael D. White

  

Director