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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-22-033737
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221017
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221018
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221018

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Killian Christopher Moore
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001866834

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12626
		FILM NUMBER:		221316047

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 SOUTH WILCOX DRIVE
		CITY:			KINGSPORT
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37660

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000915389
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PLASTICS, MATERIALS, SYNTH RESINS & NONVULCAN ELASTOMERS [2821]
		IRS NUMBER:				621539359
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 511
		STREET 2:		200 SOUTH WILCOX DRIVE
		CITY:			KINGSPORT
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37660
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4232292000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 511 B-54D
		CITY:			KINGSPORT
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37662
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<PRE>
Exhibit 24

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Mark D. Austin, Clark L. Jordan and Kellye L. Walker, signing
singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1)   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an executive officer and/or director of Eastman Chemical Company
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

     (2)   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

     (3)   take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
preparation and filing of disclosure and reports related to ownership and
acquisitions or dispositions of Company securities, including Forms 144
reporting planned sales of Company securities, which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the best interest of, or legally
required by, the undersigned.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 or Rule 144 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 12th day of April, 2022.


                                      //Christopher M. Killian//
                                     -----------------------------
                                        Christopher M. Killian

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