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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints T. Kevin Dunnigan, Fred R. Jones, Jerry
Kronenberg, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney or
attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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 SEC Form 10-K of Thomas & Betts Corporation for
the year 1995, and any and all amendments and/or exhibits thereto, and to file
the same and any 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 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 their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Signature Title Date
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/s/ T. Kevin Dunnigan Chairman of the Board, March 7, 1996
- ------------------------------- Chief Executive
T. Kevin Dunnigan Officer and Director
/s/ Clyde R. Moore President, Chief March 7, 1996
- ------------------------------- Operating Officer
Clyde R. Moore and Director
/s/ Fred R. Jones Vice President- March 7, 1996
- ------------------------------- Finance and Treasurer
Fred R. Jones
/s/ Jerry Kronenberg Vice President- March 7, 1996
- ------------------------------- General Counsel
Jerry Kronenberg
/s/ Raymond B. Carey, Jr. Director March 7, 1996
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Raymond B. Carey, Jr.
/s/ Ernest H. Drew Director March 7, 1996
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Ernest H. Drew
/s/ Jeananne K. Hauswald Director March 7, 1996
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Jeananne K. Hauswald
/s/ Thomas W. Jones Director March 7, 1996
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Thomas W. Jones
/s/ Robert A. Kenkel Director March 7, 1996
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Robert A. Kenkel
/s/ Kenneth R. Masterson Director March 7, 1996
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Kenneth R. Masterson
/s/ J. David Parkinson Director March 7, 1996
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J. David Parkinson
/s/ Ian M. Ross Director March 7, 1996
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Ian M. Ross
/s/ William H. Waltrip Director March 21, 1996
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William H. Waltrip
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