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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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 5, 1995
/s/ Richard L. Battram
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Richard L. Battram
3
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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 5, 1995
/s/ B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.
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B. A. Bridgewater, Jr.
4
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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 3, 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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 3, 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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 10, 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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 10, 1995
/s/ Samuel B. Hayes, III
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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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 5, 1995
/s/ C. Ray Holman
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C. Ray Holman
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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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 3, 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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 7, 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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 3, 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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 5, 1995
/s/ Richard E. Peck
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Richard E. Peck
13
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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 5, 1995
/s/ Jerry E. Ritter
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Jerry E. Ritter
14
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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 6, 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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 6, 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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 3, 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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 3, 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 Boatmen's Bancshares, Inc. 1987
Non-Qualified 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: July 3, 1995
/s/ James W. Kienker
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James W. Kienker