Beam Therapeutics 10-K 2003 FY Annual report

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, acting in the capacity or capacities stated with their respective names below, hereby constitute and appoint NORMAN H. WESLEY, MARK A. ROCHE, EDWARD P. SMITH and A. ROBERT COLBY, and each of them severally, the attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power to them and each of them to sign for and in the name of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Fortune Brands, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, and any and all amendments thereto:

Signature	Title	Date
/s/    Norman H. Wesley Norman H. Wesley	Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and Director	February 24, 2004
/s/    Craig P. Omtvedt Craig P. Omtvedt	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)	February 24, 2004
/s/    Nadine A. Heidrich Nadine A. Heidrich	Vice President and Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer)	February 25, 2004
/s/    Patricia O. Ewers Patricia O. Ewers	Director	February 24, 2004
/s/    Thomas C. Hays Thomas C. Hays	Director	February 24, 2004

/s/    Pierre E. Leroy Pierre E. Leroy	Director	February 24, 2004
/s/    Gordon R. Lohman Gordon R. Lohman	Director	February 24, 2004
/s/    Eugene A. Renna Eugene A. Renna	Director	February 24, 2004
/s/    J. Christopher Reyes J. Christopher Reyes	Director	February 24, 2004
/s/    Anne M. Tatlock Anne M. Tatlock	Director	February 27, 2004
/s/    David M. Thomas David M. Thomas	Director	February 24, 2004
/s/    Peter M. Wilson Peter M. Wilson	Director	February 24, 2004