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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned V.F. Corporation, a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania ("VF"), and the undersigned directors and officers of VF hereby
constitute and appoint M.J. McDonald and C.S. Cummings, and each of them,
severally, his or her true and lawful attorneys and agents at any time and from
time to time to do any and all acts and things and execute in his or her name
(whether on behalf of VF, or by attesting the seal of VF or otherwise), any and
all instruments and documents which said attorneys and agents, or any of them,
may deem necessary or advisable and may be required to enable VF and the 1996
Stock Compensation Plan (the "Plan") to comply with the Securities Act of 1933
and any rules, regulations or requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("Commission") in respect thereof, in connection with the Plan and
shares of Common Stock of VF offered pursuant to or in connection with the Plan,
including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
power of attorney to sign the name of VF and affix the corporate seal and to
sign the names of the undersigned directors and officers to all registration
statements, and all amendments and supplements thereto, on Form S-8 or S-8/S-3
or on any other appropriate Form, hereafter filed with the Commission and all
instruments or documents filed as a part thereof or in connection therewith, and
each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys,
agents, or any of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed to these
presents as of the 30 day of April, 2001.
ATTEST: V.F. CORPORATION
/s/ Candace S. Cummings By: /s/ Mackey J. McDonald
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Candace S. Cummings Mackey J. McDonald
Vice President - Administration, Chairman, President and Chief
General Counsel and Secretary Executive Officer
Principal Executive Officer: Principal Financial Officer:
/s/ Mackey J. McDonald /s/ Robert K. Shearer
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Mackey J. McDonald Robert K. Shearer
Chairman, President and Chief Vice President- Finance and
Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer
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Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/ Erskine B. Bowles
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/s/ Robert A. Cordaro Erskine B. Bowles, Director
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Robert A. Cordaro
Vice President-Controller
/s/ Edward E. Crutchfield
/s/ Juan Ernesto de Bedout, ------------------------------------------
- --------------------------------- Edward E. Crutchfield, Director
Juan Ernesto de Bedout, Director
/s/ Ursula F. Fairbairn
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/s/ Barbara S. Feigin Ursula F. Fairbairn, Director
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Barbara S. Feigin, Director
/s/ George Fellows
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/s/ Daniel R. Hesse George Fellows, Director
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Daniel R. Hesse, Director
/s/ Robert J. Hurst
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/s/ W. Alan McCollough Robert J. Hurst, Director
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W. Alan McCollough, Director
/s/ Mackey J. McDonald
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/s/ M. Rust Sharp Mackey J. McDonald, Director
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M. Rust Sharp, Director
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