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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-04-002292
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031129
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040112

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SNYDER EDWIN J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001252862

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09225
		FILM NUMBER:		04520003

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		HB FULLER CO
		STREET 2:		1200 WILLOW LAKE BLVD
		CITY:			ST PAUL
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			551640683

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		HB FULLER CO
		STREET 2:		1200 WILLOW LAKE BLVD
		CITY:			ST PAUL
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			551640683

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FULLER H B CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000039368
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ADHESIVES & SEALANTS [2891]
		IRS NUMBER:				410268370
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1130

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1200 WILLOW LAKE BLVD
		CITY:			ST PAUL
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55110-5132
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6126453401
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Edwin J. Snyder, hereby constitute and appoint Patricia L. Jones, Albert P.L. Stroucken, John A. Feenan, and Steven E. Suckow, and each of them, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to sign any reports on Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities) and Form 5 (Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities) relating to transactions by me in Common Stock or other securities of H.B. Fuller Company, and all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the appropriate securities exchange, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all inten
ts and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratify and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney shall be effective until such time as I deliver a written revocation thereof to the above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents.

Dated:  October 6, 2003				/s/ Edwin J. Snyder


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