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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the registrant has duly
caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on June 15, 2001.
The Williams Companies, Inc.
(Registrant)
By: /s/ SUZANNE H. COSTIN
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Name: Suzanne H. Costin
Title: Corporate Secretary
Each of the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints William G. von
Glahn, Lonny E. Townsend and Suzanne H. Costin his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact, each with power of substitution and re-substitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements to this
Registration Statement, and any related Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following
capacities on June 15, 2001:
SIGNATURE TITLE
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/s/ KEITH E. BAILEY Chairman of the Board, President, Chief
- -------------------------------------------------------- Executive Officer (Principal Executive
Keith E. Bailey Officer) and Director
/s/ JACK D. MCCARTHY Senior Vice President -- Finance (Principal
- -------------------------------------------------------- Financial Officer)
Jack D. McCarthy
/s/ GARY R. BELITZ Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
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Gary R. Belitz
/s/ HUGH M. CHAPMAN Director
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Hugh M. Chapman
/s/ GLENN A. COX Director
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Glenn A. Cox
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SIGNATURE TITLE
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/s/ THOMAS H. CRUIKSHANK Director
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Thomas H. Cruikshank
/s/ WILLIAM E. GREEN Director
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William E. Green
/s/ W.R. HOWELL Director
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W.R. Howell
/s/ JAMES C. LEWIS Director
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James C. Lewis
/s/ CHARLES M. LILLIS Director
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Charles M. Lillis
/s/ GEORGE A. LORCH Director
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George A. Lorch
/s/ FRANK T. MACINNIS Director
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Frank T. MacInnis
/s/ GORDON R. PARKER Director
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Gordon R. Parker
/s/ JANICE D. STONEY Director
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Janice D. Stoney
/s/ JOSEPH H. WILLIAMS Director
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Joseph H. Williams