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Exhibit 24
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 10, 1995
/s/ B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.
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B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 13, 1995
/s/ Richard L. Battram
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Richard L. Battram
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 10, 1995
/s/ William E. Cornelius
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William E. Cornelius
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 10, 1995
/s/ Andrew B. Craig, III
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Andrew B. Craig, III
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 20, 1995
/s/ Ilus W. Davis
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Ilus W. Davis
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 15, 1995
/s/ John E. Hayes, Jr.
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John E. Hayes, Jr.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 10, 1995
/s/ Samuel B. Hayes
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Samuel B. Hayes, III
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 13, 1995
/s/ Lee M. Liberman
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Lee M. Liberman
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 14, 1995
/s/ William E. Maritz
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William E. Maritz
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 10, 1995
/s/ John Peters MacCarthy
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John Peters MacCarthy
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 10, 1995
/s/ Andrew E. Newman
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Andrew E. Newman
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 17, 1995
/s/ Jerry E. Ritter
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Jerry E. Ritter
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 13, 1995
/s/ William P. Stiritz
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William P. Stiritz
15
POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 10, 1995
/s/ Albert E. Suter
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Albert E. Suter
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 13, 1995
/s/ Dwight D. Sutherland
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Dwight D. Sutherland
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 16, 1995
/s/ Theodore C. Wetterau
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Theodore C. Wetterau
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
1933 ACT REGISTRATION STATEMENT
of
BOATMEN'S BANCSHARES, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the person whose
signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints GREGORY L.
CURL and JAMES W. KIENKER, and each of them, the true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents for him and in his name, place or
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and file, or cause to be
signed and filed, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission"), any registration statement or statements on Form S-8
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the
issuance of common stock of Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. under the
Worthen Banking Corporation 1993 Stock Option Plan, and any and all
amendments and supplements thereto, before or after effectiveness
of such statements, and any and all other documents required to be
filed with the Commission in connection therewith, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact and agents, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to
be done as fully and to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, and ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Dated: March 13, 1995
/s/ James W. Kienker
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James W. Kienker