Exhibit 24
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that ELIZABETH VALK LONG,
director of The J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker,
Richard K. Smucker, and M. Ann Harlan, and each of them, with full power of
substitution, as attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, to execute an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The
J. M. Smucker Company deems appropriate and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, all pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned
director might or could do in person, in furtherance of the foregoing.
/s/ Elizabeth Valk Long
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Director
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that KATHRYN W. DINDO, director of The
J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard K. Smucker,
and M. Ann Harlan, and each of them, with full power of substitution, as
attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, to execute an Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The J. M. Smucker
Company deems appropriate and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, all pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned director
might or could do in person, in furtherance of the foregoing.
/s/ Kathryn W. Dindo
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Director
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that VINCENT C. BYRD, director of The
J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard K. Smucker,
and M. Ann Harlan, and each of them, with full power of substitution, as
attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, to execute an Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The J. M. Smucker
Company deems appropriate and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, all pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned director
might or could do in person, in furtherance of the foregoing.
/s/ Vincent C. Byrd
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Director
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that CHARLES S. MECHEM, JR., director
of The J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard K.
Smucker, and M. Ann Harlan, and each of them, with full power of substitution,
as attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, to execute an Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The J. M. Smucker
Company deems appropriate and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, all pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned director
might or could do in person, in furtherance of the foregoing.
/s/ Charles S. Mechem, Jr.
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Director
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that RICHARD G. JIRSA, corporate
controller of The J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker,
Richard K. Smucker, and M. Ann Harlan, and each of them, with full power of
substitution, as attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, to execute an Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The
J. M. Smucker Company deems appropriate and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, all pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned
corporate controller might or could do in person, in furtherance of the
foregoing.
/s/ Richard G. Jirsa
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Vice President - Information Services
and Corporate Controller
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that RICHARD K. SMUCKER, director of
The J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker and M. Ann Harlan,
and each of them, with full power of substitution, as attorney or attorneys of
the undersigned, to execute an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The J. M. Smucker Company deems appropriate
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all pursuant
to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned director might or could do in person, in
furtherance of the foregoing.
/s/ Richard K. Smucker
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Director
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that TIMOTHY P. SMUCKER, director of
The J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Richard K. Smucker and M. Ann Harlan,
and each of them, with full power of substitution, as attorney or attorneys of
the undersigned, to execute an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The J. M. Smucker Company deems appropriate
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all pursuant
to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned director might or could do in person, in
furtherance of the foregoing.
/s/ Timothy P. Smucker
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Director
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that WILLIAM H. STEINBRINK, director of
The J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard K.
Smucker, and M. Ann Harlan, and each of them, with full power of substitution,
as attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, to execute an Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The J. M. Smucker
Company deems appropriate and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, all pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned director
might or could do in person, in furtherance of the foregoing.
/s/ William H. Steinbrink
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Director
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that FRED A. DUNCAN, director of
The J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard K.
Smucker, and M. Ann Harlan, and each of them, with full power of substitution,
as attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, to execute an Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The J. M. Smucker
Company deems appropriate and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, all pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned director
might or could do in person, in furtherance of the foregoing.
/s/ Fred A. Duncan
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Director
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that GARY A. OATEY, director of
The J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard K.
Smucker, and M. Ann Harlan, and each of them, with full power of substitution,
as attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, to execute an Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The J. M. Smucker
Company deems appropriate and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, all pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned director
might or could do in person, in furtherance of the foregoing.
/s/ Gary A. Oatey
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Director
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
REGISTRATION ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that R. DOUGLAS COWAN, director of
The J. M. Smucker Company, hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard K.
Smucker, and M. Ann Harlan, and each of them, with full power of substitution,
as attorney or attorneys of the undersigned, to execute an Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2003, in a form that The J. M. Smucker
Company deems appropriate and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, all pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with 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 the undersigned director
might or could do in person, in furtherance of the foregoing.
/s/ R. Douglas Cowan
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Director