EX-24.1 8 d91727ex24-1.txt POWERS OF ATTORNEY EXHIBIT 24.1 THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that each of the undersigned individuals, in their capacity as a director or officer, or both, as hereinafter set forth below their signature, of THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Williams"), does hereby constitute and appoint WILLIAM G. VON GLAHN and SUZANNE H. COSTIN their true and lawful attorneys and each of them (with full power to act without the others) their true and lawful attorneys for them and in their name and in their capacity as a director or officer, or both, of Williams, as hereinafter set forth below their signature, to sign one or more registration statements on Form S-3 for the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to not more than one billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000), plus any upsizing permitted by Rule 462(b) or other similar Rules and Regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of debt securities, preferred stock, equity hybrid securities, securities convertible into equity securities and common stock of Williams and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and any and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith; and THAT the undersigned Williams does hereby constitute and appoint WILLIAM G. VON GLAHN and SUZANNE H. COSTIN its true and lawful attorneys and each of them (with full power to act without the others) its true and lawful attorney for it and in its name and on its behalf to sign said registration statement and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments thereto and any and all instruments necessary or incidental in connection therewith. Each of said attorneys shall have full power of substitution and resubstitution, and said attorneys or any of them or any substitute appointed by any of them hereunder shall have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every act whatsoever requisite or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of the undersigned might or could do in person, the undersigned hereby ratifying and approving the acts of said attorneys or any of them or of any such substitute pursuant hereto. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument, all as of the 22nd day of July, 2001. /s/ KEITH E. BAILEY /s/ JACK D. MCCARTHY -------------------------------- --------------------------------- Keith E. Bailey Jack D. McCarthy Chairman of the Board, Senior Vice President President and (Principal Financial Officer) Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ GARY R. BELITZ --------------------------------- Gary R. Belitz Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) Page 2 /s/ HUGH M. CHAPMAN /s/ GLENN A. COX ------------------------ ---------------------- Hugh M. Chapman Glenn A Cox Director Director /s/ THOMAS H. CRUIKSHANK /s/ WILLIAM E. GREEN ------------------------ ---------------------- Thomas H. Cruikshank William E. Green Director Director /s/ W. R. HOWELL /s/ JAMES C. LEWIS ------------------------ ---------------------- W. R. Howell James C. Lewis Director Director /s/ CHARLES M. LILLIS /s/ GEORGE A. LORCH ------------------------ ---------------------- Charles M. Lillis George A. Lorch Director Director /s/ FRANK T. MACINNIS /s/ GORDON R. PARKER ------------------------ ---------------------- Frank T. MacInnis Gordon R. Parker Director Director /s/ JANICE D. STONEY /s/ JOSEPH H. WILLIAMS ------------------------ ---------------------- Janice D. Stoney Joseph H. Williams Director Director THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC. By /s/ WILLIAM G. VON GLAHN -------------------------- William G. von Glahn ATTEST: Senior Vice President /s/ SUZANNE H. COSTIN ---------------------- Suzanne H. Costin Secretary