EX-24 12 g74480ex24.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY EXHIBIT (24) FIRST UNION CORPORATION POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of WACHOVIA CORPORATION (the "Corporation") hereby constitute and appoint Mark C. Treanor, Ross E. Jeffries, Jr. and Anthony R. Augliera, and each of them severally, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in any one of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors and officers of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to sign any and all amendments to such Annual Report.
SIGNATURE CAPACITY --------- -------- /s/ LESLIE M. BAKER, JR. Chairman and Director ---------------------------- LESLIE M. BAKER, JR. /s/ G. KENNEDY THOMPSON President, Chief Executive Officer and Director ---------------------------- G. KENNEDY THOMPSON /s/ ROBERT P. KELLY Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ---------------------------- ROBERT P. KELLY /s/ DAVID M. JULIAN Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal --------------------------- Accounting Officer) DAVID M. JULIAN /s/ F. DUANE ACKERMAN Director --------------------------- F. DUANE ACKERMAN /s/ JOHN D. BAKER, II Director --------------------------- JOHN D. BAKER, II /s/ JAMES S. BALLOUN Director --------------------------- JAMES S. BALLOUN /s/ ROBERT J. BROWN Director --------------------------- ROBERT J. BROWN Director --------------------------- PETER C. BROWNING /s/ JOHN T. CASTEEN III Director --------------------------- JOHN T. CASTEEN III /s/ WILLIAM H. GOODWIN, JR. Director --------------------------- WILLIAM H. GOODWIN, JR. /s/ ROBERT A. INGRAM Director --------------------------- ROBERT A. INGRAM Director --------------------------- RADFORD D. LOVETT /s/ MACKEY J. MCDONALD Director --------------------------- MACKEY J. MCDONALD
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SIGNATURE CAPACITY --------- -------- /s/ JOSEPH NEUBAUER Director --------------------------- JOSEPH NEUBAUER /s/ LLOYD U. NOLAND III Director --------------------------- LLOYD U. NOLAND III /s/ RUTH G. SHAW Director --------------------------- RUTH G. SHAW /s/ LANTY L. SMITH Director --------------------------- LANTY L. SMITH /s/ JOHN C. WHITAKER, JR. Director --------------------------- JOHN C. WHITAKER, JR. /s/ DONA DAVIS YOUNG Director --------------------------- DONA DAVIS YOUNG
Dated: February 19, 2002 Charlotte, North Carolina 2