1 Exhibit 24 MEDIUM TERM NOTES SERIES D POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints HAROLD A. WAGNER or GERALD A. WHITE or JAMES H. AGGER, acting severally, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement for the registration of up to $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent 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/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933, this Power of Attorney has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE DATE --------- ----- ---- /s/ Harold A. Wagner Director and Chairman October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ of the Board (Harold A. Wagner) (Principal Executive Officer) /s/ Dexter F. Baker Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (Dexter F. Baker) /s/ Tom H. Barrett Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (Tom H. Barrett) /s/ L. Paul Bremer, III Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (L. Paul Bremer, III) /s/ Will M. Caldwell Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (Will M. Caldwell) /s/ Robert Cizik Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (Robert Cizik) /s/ Ruth M. Davis Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (Ruth M. Davis) /s/ Robert F. Dee Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (Robert F. Dee) /s/ Terry R. Lautenbach Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (Terry R. Lautenbach) /s/ Walter F. Raab Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (Walter F. Raab) /s/ Judith Rodin Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (Judith Rodin) /s/ Takeo Shiina Director October 20, 1994 - ------------------------------ (Takeo Shiina)