EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Dominic J. Pileggi, John P. Murphy and J. N. Raines, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Thomas & Betts Corporation for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and to file the same and any other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Dominic J. Pileggi Dominic J. Pileggi | President, Chief Executive Officer and Director | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ Ernest H. Drew Ernest H. Drew | Director | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ T. Kevin Dunnigan T. Kevin Dunnigan | Chairman of the Board | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ Jeananne K. Hauswald Jeananne K. Hauswald | Director | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ Dean Jernigan Dean Jernigan | Director | March 15, 2004 |
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Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Ronald B. Kalich, Sr. Ronald B. Kalich, Sr. | Director | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ Robert A. Kenkel Robert A. Kenkel | Director | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ Kenneth R. Masterson Kenneth R. Masterson | Director | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ John P. Murphy John P. Murphy | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ Jean-Paul Richard Jean-Paul Richard | Director | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ Jerre L. Stead Jerre L. Stead | Director | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ David D. Stevens David D. Stevens | Director | March 15, 2004 | ||
/s/ William H. Waltrip William H. Waltrip | Director | March 15, 2004 |
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