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Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below constitutes and appoints Dale W. Hilpert, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L.
Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Venator Group 401(k) Plan and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement)
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed on the 13th day of March 2000.
Signature Title
/s/ J. Carter Bacot Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below constitutes and appoints Dale W. Hilpert, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L.
Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Venator Group 401(k) Plan and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement)
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed on the 13 day of March 2000.
Signature Title
/s/ Purdy Crawford Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below constitutes and appoints Dale W. Hilpert, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L.
Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Venator Group 401(k) Plan and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement)
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed on the 13 day of March 2000.
Signature Title
/s/ Roger N. Farah Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below constitutes and appoints Dale W. Hilpert, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L.
Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Venator Group 401(k) Plan and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement)
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed on the 13th day of March 2000.
Signature Title
/s/ Philip H. Geier Jr. Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below constitutes and appoints Dale W. Hilpert, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L.
Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Venator Group 401(k) Plan and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement)
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed on the 10th day of March 2000.
Signature Title
/s/ Jarobin Gilbert, Jr. Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below constitutes and appoints Dale W. Hilpert, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L.
Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Venator Group 401(k) Plan and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement)
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed on the 12th day of March 2000.
Signature Title
/s/ Allan Z. Loren Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below constitutes and appoints Dale W. Hilpert, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L.
Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Venator Group 401(k) Plan and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement)
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed on the 15th day of March 2000.
Signature Title
/s/ Margaret P. MacKimm Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below constitutes and appoints Dale W. Hilpert, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L.
Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Venator Group 401(k) Plan and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement)
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed on the 16 day of March 2000.
Signature Title
/s/ John J. Mackowski Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below constitutes and appoints Dale W. Hilpert, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L.
Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Venator Group 401(k) Plan and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement)
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed on the 10th day of March 2000.
Signature Title
/s/ James E. Preston Director
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose name appears
below constitutes and appoints Dale W. Hilpert, Gary M. Bahler and Bruce L.
Hartman, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or
her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 for the Venator Group 401(k) Plan and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments to that Registration Statement)
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, 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
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or his substitute or substitutes,
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Power
of Attorney has been signed on the 13th day of March 2000.
Signature Title
/s/ Christopher A. Sinclair Director
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