Exhibit No. (24)



                               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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /s/  John F. Bergstrom
     ----------------------
     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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /s/  Pastora San Juan Cafferty
     ------------------------------
     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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /s/  Paul J. Collins
     --------------------
     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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /s/  Robert W. Decherd
     ----------------------
     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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /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, 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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /s/  Louis E. Levy
     ------------------
     Louis E. Levy







                               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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /s/  Frank A. McPherson
     -----------------------
     Frank A. McPherson







                               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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


     /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, 1998 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 25th day of
February, 1999.


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