POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby
constitute and appoint Thomas J. Mielke, Jeffrey P. Melucci, Jeffrey S. McFall,
Grant B. McGee and Robert F. Westover, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for his and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute and acknowledge Form 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Rule 144
thereunder, and Forms 3, 4, and 5 pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and
the rules and regulations thereunder, any amendments to such forms,
and any and all other documents (and amendments thereto), including,
without  limitation, Form ID, necessary or desirable to facilitate the
filing by the undersigned of Form 144 and forms under Section 16(a)
of the Exchange Act, with respect to securities of Kimberly-Clark
Corporation (the "Company"), and to deliver and file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith,
to and with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the national
securities exchanges and the Company, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of
them, or his or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned agrees that
each of the attorneys-in-fact herein may rely entirely on information
furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned to such attorney-in-fact.

         The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be affected
in any manner by reason of the execution, at any time, of other powers
of attorney by the undersigned in favor of persons other than those
named herein.

          This Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3,
Form 4, Form 5 or Form 144 with regard to the undersigned's ownership
of or transactions in securities of the Company, unless earlier revoked
in writing.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 11th day of
November 2015.


                                                      /s/ Thomas J. Mielke
                                                          Thomas J. Mielke