EX-24.(A) 6 w41477ex24-a.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY 1 EXHIBIT 24 (a) POWER OF ATTORNEY FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL 2000 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Ellen O. Kaden and John J. Furey, each of them, until December 31, 2000, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and revocation, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign Campbell Soup Company's Form 10-K Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year ended July 30, 2000, and any amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
Signature Dated as of September 28, 2000 --------- ------------------------------ /s/Alva A. App /s/Philip E. Lippincott -------------------------------- ----------------------------- Alva A. App Philip E. Lippincott /s/Edmund M. Carpenter /s/Mary Alice Malone -------------------------------- ----------------------------- Edmund M. Carpenter Mary Alice Malone /s/Bennett Dorrance /s/Charles H. Mott -------------------------------- ----------------------------- Bennett Dorrance Charles H. Mott /s/Thomas W. Field, Jr. /s/Charles R. Perrin -------------------------------- ----------------------------- Thomas W. Field, Jr. Charles R. Perrin /s/Kent B. Foster /s/George M. Sherman -------------------------------- ----------------------------- Kent B. Foster George M. Sherman /s/Harvey Golub /s/George Strawbridge, Jr. -------------------------------- ----------------------------- Harvey Golub George Strawbridge /s/David W. Johnson /s/Donald M. Stewart -------------------------------- ----------------------------- David W. Johnson Donald M. Stewart /s/David K. P. Li /s/Charlotte C. Weber -------------------------------- ----------------------------- David K. P. Li Charlotte C. Weber