Air Products and Chemicals (APD) 10-K 2007 FY Annual report

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know All Men By These Presents, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appointsJohn E. McGlade orPaul E. Huckor Stephen J. Jones, acting severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form 10-K Annual Report for the fiscal year ended 30 September 2007 and all amendments thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, this Power of Attorney has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ Mario L. Baeza	Director	15 November 2007
Mario L. Baeza
/s/ William L. Davis, III	Director	15 November 2007
William L. Davis, III
/s/ Michael J. Donahue	Director	15 November 2007
Michael J. Donahue
/s/ Ursula O. Fairbairn	Director	15 November 2007
Ursula O. Fairbairn
/s/ W. Douglas Ford	Director	15 November 2007
W. Douglas Ford
/s/ Edward E. Hagenlocker	Director	15 November 2007
Edward E. Hagenlocker
/s/ Evert Henkes	Director	15 November 2007
Evert Henkes

Signature	Title	Date
/s/ John P. Jones III	Director and Chairman	15 November 2007
John P. Jones III
/s/ John E. McGlade	Director	15 November 2007
John E. McGlade
/s/ Margaret G. McGlynn	Director	15 November 2007
Margaret G. McGlynn
/s/ Charles H. Noski	Director	15 November 2007
Charles H. Noski
/s/ Lawrence S. Smith	Director	15 November 2007
Lawrence S. Smith

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