POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, John C. van Roden,
hereby constitute and appoint Timothy J. Keenan, Debra L. Hovland,
James R. Giertz and Ann B. Parriott, and each of them, my true and
lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and stead,
to sign any reports on Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial
Ownership of Securities) and Form 5 (Annual Statement of Beneficial
Ownership of Securities) relating to transactions by me in Common
Stock or other securities of H.B. Fuller Company, and all amendments
thereto, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the appropriate securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully
to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratify and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney shall be effective
until such time as I deliver a written revocation thereof to the
above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents.


Dated:  April 3, 2008				/s/ John C. van Roden