Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors of H.B.
FULLER COMPANY, a Minnesota Corporation, which proposes to file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. 20549, under the provisions
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, a Form 10-K Annual Report
for the Company's fiscal year ended November 30, 2002, hereby constitute and
appoint ALBERT P.L. STROUCKEN, RAYMOND A. TUCKER, PATRICIA L. JONES AND STEVEN
E. SUCKOW his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, with full power to act without the other, for him/her and in his/her name,
place and stead to sign such Annual Report with power, where appropriate, to
affix the corporate seal of said Company thereto, and to attest said seal, and
to file such Annual Report so signed, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and with the appropriate office of any state, hereby granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might do
in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or either of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands as of
the 14th day of November, 2002.

/s/ Norbert R. Berg                /s/ J. Michael Losh
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NORBERT R. BERG                    J. MICHAEL LOSH
Director                           Director

/s/ Freeman A. Ford                /s/ John J. Mauriel, Jr.
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FREEMAN A. FORD                    JOHN J. MAURIEL, JR
Director                           Director

/s/ Gail D. Fosler                 /s/ Lee R. Mitau
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GAIL D. FOSLER                     LEE R. MITAU
Director                           Director

/s/ Reatha Clark King              /s/ Albert P.L. Stroucken
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REATHA CLARK KING                  ALBERT P.L. STROUCKEN
Director                           Chairman of the Board, President,
                                   Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Knut Kleedehn                  /s/ Alfredo L. Rovira
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KNUT KLEEDEHN                      ALFREDO L. ROVIRA,
Director                           Director

/s/ R. William Van Sant
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R. WILLIAM VAN SANT Director