Exhibit 24
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     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might  or  could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.

                                        /s/ John F. Bergstrom
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                                        John F. Bergstrom







     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  her  and  in  her  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.

                                             /s/ Pastora San Juan Cafferty
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                                             Pastora San Juan Cafferty







     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might  or  could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.


                                             /s/ Paul J. Collins
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                                             Paul J. Collins







     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might  or  could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.


                                             /s/ Robert W. Decherd
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                                             Robert W. Decherd







     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might  or  could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.


                                             /s/ Thomas J. Falk
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                                             Thomas J. Falk






     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might  or  could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.


                                             /s/ William O. Fifield
                                             ----------------------
                                             William O. Fifield







     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might  or  could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.


                                             /s/ Claudio X. Gonzalez
                                             -----------------------
                                             Claudio X. Gonzalez








     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  her  and  in  her  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite  and  necessary  to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as
she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.


                                             /s/ Linda  Johnson  Rice
                                             ------------------------
                                             Linda Johnson Rice







     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might  or  could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.


                                             /s/ Wayne R. Sanders
                                             --------------------
                                             Wayne R. Sanders







     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might  or  could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.


                                             /s/ Wolfgang R. Schmitt
                                             -----------------------
                                             Wolfgang R. Schmitt








     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might  or  could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.


                                             /s/ Marc J. Shapiro
                                             -------------------
                                             Marc J. Shapiro








     POWER  OF  ATTORNEY


     KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS,  that  the  undersigned  does hereby
constitute  and  appoint  John  W.  Donehower,  Randy  J.  Vest  and O. George
Everbach,  and each of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact  and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and
resubstitution,  for  him  and  in  his  name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities,  to  sign  Kimberly-Clark  Corporation's  Annual  Report  on  Form
10-K  for  the  fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to file the same with
all  exhibits  thereto,  and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities  and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
might  or  could  do  in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact  and  agents  or any one of them, or his substitute or their
substitutes,  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  by  virtue  hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 19th day of
February,  2002.


                                             /s/ Randall L. Tobias
                                             ---------------------
                                             Randall L. Tobias