EXHIBIT 24.1
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, Claire L. Arnold, hereby constitutes and appoints John
W. Rumely, Jr. and Paul C. Roberts, or either of them, her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for her and in her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated this 27th day of February, 2003 /s/ CLAIRE L. ARNOLD
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Claire L. Arnold
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, Alan R. Batkin, hereby constitutes and appoints John
W. Rumely, Jr. and Paul C. Roberts, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated this 27th day of February, 2003 /s/ ALAN R. BATKIN
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Alan R. Batkin
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, K.C. Caldabaugh, hereby constitutes and appoints John
W. Rumely, Jr. and Paul C. Roberts, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated this 27th day of February, 2003 /s/ K.C. CALDABAUGH
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K.C. Caldabaugh
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, Laurent G. Chambaz, hereby constitutes and appoints
John W. Rumely, Jr. and Paul C. Roberts, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated this 27th day of February, 2003 /s/ LAURENT G. CHAMBAZ
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Laurent G. Chambaz
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, Richard D. Jackson, hereby constitutes and appoints
John W. Rumely, Jr. and Paul C. Roberts, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated this 27th day of February, 2003 /s/ RICHARD D. JACKSON
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Richard D. Jackson
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, Leonard J. Kujawa, hereby constitutes and appoints
John W. Rumely, Jr. and Paul C. Roberts, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated this 27th day of February, 2003 /s/ LEONARD J. KUJAWA
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Leonard J. Kujawa
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, Jean-Pierre Le Hetet, hereby constitutes and appoints
John W. Rumely, Jr. and Paul C. Roberts, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated this 27th day of February, 2003 /s/ JEAN-PIERRE LE HETET
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Jean-Pierre Le Hetet
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, Larry B. Stillman, hereby constitutes and appoints
John W. Rumely, Jr. and Paul C. Roberts, or either of them, his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, 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, each acting alone, or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated this 27th day of February, 2003 /s/ LARRY B. STILLMAN
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Larry B. Stillman