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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 Mark A. Buthman, 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-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of up to
$1,500,000,000 of debt securities of the Corporation, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement and any additional registration
statement related thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, 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 12th day of November, 2002.


                             /s/ Dennis R. Beresford
                             -----------------------
                              Dennis R. Beresford


















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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 Mark A. Buthman, 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-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of up to
$1,500,000,000 of debt securities of the Corporation, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement and any additional registration
statement related thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, 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 12th day of November, 2002.





                              /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 Mark A. Buthman, 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-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of up to
$1,500,000,000 of debt securities of the Corporation, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement and any additional registration
statement related thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, 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 12th day of November, 2002.





                             /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 Mark A. Buthman, 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-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of up to
$1,500,000,000 of debt securities of the Corporation, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement and any additional registration
statement related thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, 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 12th day of November, 2002.





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
















<PAGE>



                                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 Mark A. Buthman, 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-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of up to
$1,500,000,000 of debt securities of the Corporation, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement and any additional registration
statement related thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, 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 12th day of November, 2002.





                              /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 Mark A. Buthman, 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-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of up to
$1,500,000,000 of debt securities of the Corporation, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement and any additional registration
statement related thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, 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 12th day of November, 2002.





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
















<PAGE>



                                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 Mark A. Buthman, 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-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of up to
$1,500,000,000 of debt securities of the Corporation, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement and any additional registration
statement related thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, 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 12th day of November, 2002.





                               /s/ Mae C. Jemison
                               ------------------
                                Mae C. Jemison
















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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 Mark A. Buthman, 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-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of up to
$1,500,000,000 of debt securities of the Corporation, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement and any additional registration
statement related thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, 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 12th day of November, 2002.





                             /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 Mark A. Buthman, 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-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of up to
$1,500,000,000 of debt securities of the Corporation, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement and any additional registration
statement related thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, 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 12th day of November, 2002.





                               /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 Mark A. Buthman, 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-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of up to
$1,500,000,000 of debt securities of the Corporation, and to execute any and all
amendments to such Registration Statement and any additional registration
statement related thereto filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the
Securities Act, 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 12th day of November, 2002.





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

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