POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/B. J. Bernard
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B. J. Bernard
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/J. Carter-Miller
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J. Carter-Miller
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/D. J. Drury
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D. J. Drury
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/C. D. Gelatt, Jr.
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C. D. Gelatt, Jr.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/S. L. Helton
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S. L. Helton
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/C. S. Johnson
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C. S. Johnson
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/W. T. Kerr
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W. T. Kerr
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/L. Liu
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L. Liu
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/V. H. Lowenstein
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V. H. Lowenstein
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/R. D. Pearson
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R. D. Pearson
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/F. F. Pena
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F. F. Pena
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/D. M. Stewart
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D. M. Stewart
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, J. B. Griswell, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each
of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each,
for and on behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to
execute and file any of the documents referred to below relating to registration
under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life
insurance contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts
held in the Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on
Form S-6 or other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all
amendments thereto and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments
necessary or appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact
and agents and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without
the others or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be
done in the name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and
about the premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/E. E. Tallett
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E. E. Tallett
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director of Principal Life
Insurance Company, an Iowa corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints M. H. Gersie, K. E. Shaff and J. N. Hoffman, and each of them (with
full power to each of them to act alone), the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution to each, for and on
behalf and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, to execute and file
any of the documents referred to below relating to registration under the
Securities Act of 1933 with respect to flexible premium variable life insurance
contracts, with premiums received in connection with such contracts held in the
Principal Life Insurance Company Variable Life Separate Account on Form S-6 or
other forms under the Securities Act of 1933, and any and all amendments thereto
and reports thereunder with all exhibits and all instruments necessary or
appropriate in connection therewith, each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents
and his or their substitutes being empowered to act with or without the others
or other, and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in the
name and on behalf of the undersigned each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary or appropriate with respect thereto to be done in and about the
premises in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes
as the undersigned might or could do in person; hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned director has hereunto set his hand
this 30th day of January, 2002.
/s/J. B. Griswell
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J. B. Griswell