EXHIBIT (24)
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints John F. Ward and Christopher M. Champion, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities indicated below his signature in which the undersigned
serves as an officer or director of Russell Corporation, to sign the Annual
Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
of Russell Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including
all amendments to such Annual Report, 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 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
DATED this 15th day of March 2002.
/s/ Herschel M. Bloom
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Herschel M. Bloom
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints John F. Ward and Christopher M. Champion, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities indicated below his signature in which the undersigned serves as an
officer or director of Russell Corporation, to sign the Annual Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of Russell
Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including all
amendments to such Annual Report, 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 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
DATED this 15 day of March 2002.
/s/ Tim Lewis
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Tim Lewis
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints John F. Ward and Christopher M. Champion, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities indicated below his signature in which the undersigned serves as an
officer or director of Russell Corporation, to sign the Annual Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of Russell
Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including all
amendments to such Annual Report, 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 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
DATED this 15th day of March 2002.
/s/ C.V. Nalley III
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C.V. Nalley III
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints John F. Ward and Christopher M. Champion, and each of them, her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities indicated below her signature in which the undersigned serves as an
officer or director of Russell Corporation, to sign the Annual Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of Russell
Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including all
amendments to such Annual Report, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granted 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 in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
DATED this 15th day of March 2002.
/s/ Margaret M. Porter
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Margaret M. Porter
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints John F. Ward and Christopher M. Champion, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities indicated below his signature in which the undersigned serves as an
officer or director of Russell Corporation, to sign the Annual Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of Russell
Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including all
amendments to such Annual Report, 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 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
DATED this 15th day of March 2002.
/s/ Ronald G. Bruno
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Ronald G. Bruno
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints John F. Ward and Christopher M. Champion, and each of them, her
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities indicated below her signature in which the undersigned serves as an
officer or director of Russell Corporation, to sign the Annual Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of Russell
Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including all
amendments to such Annual Report, 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 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 she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
DATED this 15th day of March 2002.
/s/ Mary Jane Robertson
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Mary Jane Robertson
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints John F. Ward and Christopher M. Champion, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities indicated below his signature in which the undersigned serves as an
officer or director of Russell Corporation, to sign the Annual Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of Russell
Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including all
amendments to such Annual Report, 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 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
DATED this 16th day of March 2002.
/s/ John A. White
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John A. White
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints John F. Ward and Christopher M. Champion, and each of them, his
true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities indicated below his signature in which the undersigned serves as an
officer or director of Russell Corporation, to sign the Annual Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of Russell
Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including all
amendments to such Annual Report, 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 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
DATED this 20th day of March 2002.
/s/ John R. Thomas
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John R. Thomas
Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints John F. Ward and Christopher M. Champion, and each of them, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities indicated below his signature in which the undersigned serves as an
officer or director of Russell Corporation, to sign the Annual Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 of Russell
Corporation for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001, including all
amendments to such Annual Report, 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 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
DATED this 21st day of March.
/s/ Benjamin Russell
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Benjamin Russell
Director