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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY




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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.

                                         /s/ JOHN F. BERGSTROM
                                        -------------------------
                                        John F. Bergstrom




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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.

                                            /s/ PASTORA SAN JUAN CAFFERTY
                                           --------------------------------
                                           Pastora San Juan Cafferty



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.


                                         /s/ PAUL J. COLLINS
                                        -----------------------
                                        Paul J. Collins


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.


                                                   /s/ ROBERT W. DECHERD
                                                  ----------------------------
                                                  Robert W. Decherd



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.


                                            /s/  THOMAS J. FALK
                                           --------------------------
                                           Thomas J. Falk


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.


                                             /s/ WILLIAM O. FIFIELD
                                            -----------------------------
                                            William O. Fifield



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.


                                             /s/ CLAUDIO X. GONZALEZ
                                            ------------------------------
                                            Claudio X. Gonzalez


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.


                                           /s/ MARC J. SHAPIRO
                                          -----------------------------
                                          Marc J. Shapiro



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.


                                            /s/ LINDA JOHNSON RICE
                                           -----------------------------
                                           Linda Johnson Rice



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.


                                            /s/ WAYNE R. SANDERS
                                            ----------------------------
                                            Wayne R. Sanders



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.


                                              /s/ WOLFGANG. R. SCHMITT
                                             -------------------------------
                                             Wolfgang R. Schmitt



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or
Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation") does hereby constitute and appoint John W. Donehower, O. George
Everbach, and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the
undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the registration under
the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation's common stock, $1.25 par value,
and/or interests under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Salaried Employees Incentive Investment Plan, the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Hourly Employees Incentive Investment Plan and the Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Retirement Contribution Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such
Registration Statement, 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 substitute
or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 22nd day of
February, 2001.


                                                 /s/ RANDALL L. TOBIAS
                                                ---------------------------
                                                Randall L. Tobias





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