LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, Mark A. Roche, appoint LAUREN S. TASHMA and RUSSELL W. HAHN to 
serve as my Attorneys-In-Fact and Agents and to exercise the powers and discretions set 
forth below:
1.        To execute on my behalf any and all Securities and Exchange 
Commission Forms 4 and 5 relating to the disclosure of my 
beneficial ownership of securities in Fortune Brands, Inc.; and 
2.        To execute all such other documents or things in my name as the 
Agents may deem necessary to meet filing requirements of the 
Securities Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall at all times be binding with respect to all actions 
taken by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Power of Attorney.  The powers 
granted by this Power of Attorney shall lapse and cease to have any effect on  
August 31, 2006.
I, Mark A. Roche, have executed this Limited Power of Attorney on this   8th           
day of           August        , 2003.

                                                /s/ Mark A. Roche                        
                                                Mark A. Roche
Subscribed and sworn to me
on this           8th          day of   August   , 2003.

/s/ Angela M. Pla                        
Notary Public