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                                                                      EXHIBIT 24

                                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 the Corporation's 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 Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's 2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 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 the Corporation's 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 Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's 2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 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 the Corporation's 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 Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's 2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 2001.





                                             /s/ Paul J. Collins
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Paul J. Collins
















<PAGE>   4




                                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 the Corporation's 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 Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's 2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 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 the Corporation's 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 Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's 2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 2001.





                                             /s/ William O. Fifield
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             William O. Fifield














<PAGE>   6




                                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 the Corporation's 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 Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's 2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 2001.





                                             /s/ Claudio X. Gonzalez
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Claudio X. Gonzalez
















<PAGE>   7




                                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 the Corporation's 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 Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's 2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 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 the Corporation's 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 Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's 2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 2001.





                                             /s/ Wolfgang R. Schmitt
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Wolfgang R. Schmitt
















<PAGE>   9




                                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 the Corporation's 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 Common Stock, $1.25 par
value, of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the
Corporation's 2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 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 the Corporation's 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 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value,
of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the Corporation's
2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 2001.





                                             /s/ Randall L. Tobias
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Randall L. Tobias



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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 the Corporation's 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 shares of Common Stock, $1.25 par value,
of the Corporation, to be granted under and in accordance with the Corporation's
2001 Equity Participation 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 26th day of April, 2001.





                                             /s/ Thomas J. Falk
                                             -----------------------------------
                                             Thomas J. Falk


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