EX-24.1 10 y06253exv24w1.htm EX-24.1: POWER OF ATTORNEY EXHIBIT 24.1
 

EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Each of the undersigned does hereby appoint CELIA A. COLBERT and KENNETH C. FRAZIER and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney or attorneys to execute on behalf of the undersigned (whether on behalf of the Company, or as an officer or director thereof, or by attesting the seal of the Company, or otherwise) the Form 10-K Annual Report of Merck & Co., Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including amendments thereto and all exhibits and other documents in connection therewith.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this instrument has been duly executed as of the 22nd day of February, 2005.

         
    MERCK & CO., Inc.
 
        
  By         /s/ Raymond V. Gilmartin
       
      Raymond V. Gilmartin
      (Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer)
     
      /s/ Raymond V. Gilmartin
  Chairman of the Board, President
  and Chief Executive Officer
Raymond V. Gilmartin
  (Principal Executive Officer; Director)
 
    
      /s/ Judy C. Lewent
  Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
  President, Human Health Asia; (Principal Financial Officer)
Judy C. Lewent
    
 
    
      /s/ Richard C. Henriques, Jr.
  Vice President, Controller
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
Richard C. Henriques, Jr.
    

DIRECTORS

     
      /s/ Lawrence A. Bossidy         /s/ Thomas E. Shenk
     
Lawrence A. Bossidy
   Thomas E. Shenk
     
      /s/ William G. Bowen         /s/ Anne M. Tatlock
     
William G. Bowen
   Anne M. Tatlock
     
      /s/ Johnnetta B. Cole         /s/ Samuel O. Thier
     
Johnnetta B. Cole
   Samuel O. Thier
     
      /s/ William B. Harrison, Jr.    
     
William B. Harrison, Jr.
   Wendell P. Weeks
     
      /s/ William N. Kelley         /s / Peter C. Wendell
     
William N. Kelley
   Peter C. Wendell
     
      /s/ Rochelle B. Lazarus    
     
Rochelle B. Lazarus