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                            DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION

                                Power of Attorney
                           of Director and/or Officer

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DAYTON HUDSON CORPORATION, a Minnesota corporation (the
"Corporation"), does hereby make, constitute and appoint ROBERT J. ULRICH, JAMES
T. HALE, DOUGLAS A. SCOVANNER, STEPHEN C. KOWALKE and TIMOTHY R. BAER and each
or any one of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with
power of substitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place
and stead, to sign and affix the undersigned's name as director and/or officer
of the Corporation to (1) a Form 10-K, Annual Report, pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, for the fiscal year ended January
30, 1999, or other applicable form, including any and all exhibits, schedules,
supplements and supporting documents thereto, including, but not limited to, the
Form 11-K Annual Reports of the DHC 401(k) Plan (formerly referred to as the
"Supplemental Retirement, Savings, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan") and
similar plans pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "1934 Act"), and all amendments, supplementations and
corrections thereto, to be filed by the Corporation with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), as required in connection with its registration
under the 1934 Act, as amended; (2) one or more Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act and all amendments, supplementations
and corrections thereto, to be filed with the SEC as required under the 1934
Act; and (3) one or more Registration Statements, on Form S-3, Form S-8, or
other applicable forms, and all amendments, including post-effective amendments,
thereto, to be filed by the Corporation with the SEC in connection with the
registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of debentures or
other securities of the Corporation, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other supporting documents, with the SEC.

         The undersigned also grants to said attorneys-in-fact, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts necessary or
incidental to the performance and execution of the powers herein expressly
granted. This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked in writing
by the undersigned.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed below as of this 10th
day of March, 1999.


                                           /s/ L. DeSimone
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                                           Livio D. DeSimone


                                           /s/ Roger A. Enrico
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                                           Roger A. Enrico


                                           /s/ William W. George
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                                           William W. George


                                           /s/ Michele J. Hooper
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                                           Michele J. Hooper


                                           /s/ James A. Johnson
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                                           James A. Johnson


                                           /s/ R. M. Kovacevich
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                                           Richard M. Kovacevich


                                           /s/ Susan A. McLaughlin
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                                           Susan A. McLaughlin


                                           /s/ Anne M. Mulcahy
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                                           Anne M. Mulcahy


                                           /s/ S. W. Sanger
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                                           Stephen W. Sanger


                                           /s/ Solomon D. Trujillo
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                                           Solomon D. Trujillo


                                           /s/ Bob Ulrich
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                                           Bob Ulrich