Exhibit 24
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/A of Fortune Brands, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, and any and all amendments thereto:
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Norman H. Wesley Norman H. Wesley | Chairman of the Board Officer and Chief Executive (principal executive officer) and Director | February 13, 2006 | ||
/s/ Craig P. Omtvedt Craig P. Omtvedt | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) | February 13, 2006 | ||
/s/ Nadine A. Heidrich Nadine A. Heidrich | Vice President and Corporate Controller (principal accounting officer) | February 13, 2006 | ||
/s/ Patricia O. Ewers Patricia O. Ewers | Director | February 11, 2006 | ||
/s/ Thomas C. Hays Thomas C. Hays | Director | February 11, 2006 | ||
/s/ Pierre E. Leroy Pierre E. Leroy | Director | February 11, 2006 | ||
/s/ Gordon R. Lohman Gordon R. Lohman | Director | February 11, 2006 | ||
/s/ A. D. David Mackay A.D. David Mackay | Director | February 13, 2006 | ||
/s/ Eugene A. Renna Eugene A. Renna | Director | February 10, 2006 | ||
/s/ J. Christopher Reyes J. Christopher Reyes | Director | February 13, 2006 | ||
/s/ Anne M. Tatlock Anne M. Tatlock | Director | February 11, 2006 | ||
/s/ David M. Thomas David M. Thomas | Director | February 11, 2006 | ||
/s/ Peter M. Wilson Peter M. Wilson | Director | February 11, 2006 | ||
