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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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                                                                      Exhibit 24
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being a
director or officer, or both, of WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company") does hereby constitute and appoint DAVID R. WHITWAM, JEFF M.
FETTIG, and DANIEL F. HOPP, with full power to each of them to act alone, as the
true and lawful attorneys and agents of the undersigned, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution to each of said attorneys, to execute, file or
deliver any and all instruments and to do any and all acts and things which said
attorneys and agents, or any of them, deem advisable to enable the Company, the
Whirlpool Corporation 2002 Omnibus Stock and Incentive Plan (referred to as the
"Plan"), or any of them, to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
(the "Securities Act") and any requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission in respect thereto, in connection with the registration under said
Securities Act of

         (a)         3,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company which may
                     be offered or delivered to participants in the Plan; and

         (b)         interests in the Plan which may be offered to employees of
                     the Company and its subsidiaries,

including specifically, but without limitation of the general authority hereby
granted, the power of authority to sign his or her name as director or officer,
or both, of the Company, as indicated below opposite his or her signature:

               (i)        to the registration statements, or any amendments,
                     post-effective amendments, deregistrations or papers
                     supplemental thereto, to be filed in respect of said shares
                     of common stock of the Company and said interests in the
                     Plan, and to the prospectuses or any amendments,
                     supplements or revisions thereof, to be filed with said
                     registration statements or with any amendments or
                     post-effective amendments to said registration statements;

               (ii)       to any amendments or post-effective amendments or
                     deregistrations as shall be necessary or appropriate to any
                     registration statements heretofore filed under said
                     Securities Act with respect to shares of common stock of
                     the Company and interests in said Plan;

               (iii)      to said prospectuses or any amendments, supplements or
                     revisions thereof to be filed with any registration
                     statements (or with any amendments or post-effective
                     amendments thereto) heretofore filed under said Securities
                     Act with respect to shares of common stock of the Company
                     and interests in said Plan; and each of the undersigned
                     does hereby fully ratify and confirm all that said attorney
                     and agents, or any of them, or the substitute of any of
                     them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed these
         presents this 16/th/ day of April, 2002.

                Name                                       Title

 /s/ David R. Whitwam                        Director, Chairman of the Board and
-----------------------------                Chief Executive Officer
David R. Whitwam                             (Principal Executive Officer)

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          Name                                       Title

/s/ Jeff M. Fettig                         Director, President and Chief
----------------------------------         Operating Officer
Jeff M. Fettig                             (Principal Operating Officer)

/s/ Mark E. Brown                          Executive Vice President and
----------------------------------         Chief Financial Officer
Mark E. Brown                              (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Betty A. Beaty                         Vice President and Controller
----------------------------------         (Principal Accounting Officer)
Betty A. Beaty

/s/ Herman Cain                            Director
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Herman Cain

/s/ Gary T. DiCamillo                      Director
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Gary T. DiCamillo

/s/ Allan D. Gilmour                       Director
----------------------------------
Allan D. Gilmour

/s/ Kathleen J. Hempel                     Director
----------------------------------
Kathleen J. Hempel

/s/ James M. Kilts                         Director
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James M. Kilts

__________________________________         Director
Arnold G. Langbo

/s/ Miles L. Marsh                         Director
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Miles L. Marsh

/s/ Philip L. Smith                        Director
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Philip L. Smith

/s/ Paul G. Stern                         Director
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Paul G. Stern

/s/ Janice D. Stoney                      Director
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Janice D. Stoney

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