Exhibit 24
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
Certificate of Assistant Secretary
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The undersigned, Peter Sherry, Jr., an Assistant Secretary of FORD MOTOR
COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY that the
following resolutions were adopted at a duly called meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Company on March 14, 2002 and that the same are in full force
and effect:
RESOLVED, That preparation of an Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2001 (the "10-K Report"), including exhibits and
other documents, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, be and
hereby is in all respects authorized and approved; that the draft 10-K Report
presented to this meeting be and hereby is approved in all respects; that the
directors and appropriate officers of the Company, and each of them, be and
hereby are authorized to sign and execute in their own behalf, or in the name
and on behalf of the Company, or both, as the case may be, the 10-K Report, and
any and all amendments thereto, with such changes therein as such directors and
officers may deem necessary, appropriate or desirable, as conclusively evidenced
by their execution thereof; and that the appropriate officers of the Company,
and each of them, be and hereby are authorized to cause the 10-K Report and any
such amendments, so executed, to be filed with the Commission.
RESOLVED, That each officer and director who may be required to sign and
execute the 10-K Report or any amendment thereto or document in connection
therewith (whether in the name and on behalf of the Company, or as an officer or
director of the Company, or otherwise), be and hereby is authorized to execute a
power of attorney appointing I. M. Inglis, D. R. Leclair, D. E. Ross, P. J.
Sherry, Jr., L. J. Ghilardi and D. J. Cropsey, and each of them, severally, his
or her true and lawful attorney or attorneys to sign in his or her name, place
and stead in any such capacity the 10-K Report and any and all amendments
thereto and documents in connection therewith, and to file the same with the
Commission, each of said attorneys to have power to act with or without the
other, and to have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
behalf of each of said officers and directors who shall have executed such power
of attorney, every act whatsoever which such attorneys, or any of them, may deem
necessary, appropriate or desirable to be done in connection therewith as fully
and to all intents and purposes as such officers or directors might or could do
in person.
WITNESS my hand as of this 14th day of March, 2002.
/s/Peter Sherry, Jr.
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Peter Sherry, Jr.
Assistant Secretary
(SEAL)
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY WITH RESPECT TO
ANNUAL REPORT OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON
FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
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Each of the undersigned, a director or officer of FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
appoints each of I. M. Inglis, D. R. Leclair, D. E. Ross, P. J. Sherry, Jr., L.
J. Ghilardi and D. J. Cropsey his or her true and lawful attorney and agent to
do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the
attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable in order to enable FORD MOTOR
COMPANY to comply with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the Annual Report
of FORD MOTOR COMPANY on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 and any
and all amendments thereto, as authorized on March 14, 2002 at a meeting of the
Board of Directors of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, including, but not limited to, power
and authority to sign his or her name (whether on behalf of FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
or as a director or officer of FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or by attesting the seal of
FORD MOTOR COMPANY, or otherwise) to such instruments and to such Annual Report
and any amendments thereto, and to file them with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Each of the undersigned ratifies and confirms all that any of the
attorneys and agents shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Any one of
the attorneys and agents shall have, and may exercise, all the powers conferred
by this instrument.
Each of the undersigned has signed his or her name as of the 14th day of
March, 2002.
/s/ William Clay Ford, Jr. /s/ Nicholas V. Scheele
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(William Clay Ford, Jr.) (Nicholas V. Scheele)
/s/ John R. H. Bond /s/ Michael D. Dingman
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(John R. H. Bond) (Michael D. Dingman)
/s/ Edsel B. Ford II /s/ William Clay Ford
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(Edsel B. Ford II) (William Clay Ford)
/s/ Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr. /s/ Marie-Josee Kravis
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(Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.) (Marie-Josee Kravis)
/s/ Richard A. Manoogian /s/ Ellen R. Marram
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(Richard A. Manoogian) (Ellen R. Marram)
/s/ Homer A. Neal /s/ Jorma Ollila
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(Homer A. Neal) (Jorma Ollila)
/s/ Carl E. Reichardt /s/ Robert E. Rubin
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(Carl E. Reichardt) (Robert E. Rubin)
/s/ John L. Thornton /s/I. Martin Inglis
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(John L. Thornton) (I. Martin Inglis)
/s/ Donat R. Leclair
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(Donat R. Leclair)