EX-24. 2 rrd180954_204269.htm GIERTZ POA

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, James R. Giertz,
hereby constitute and appoint Timothy J. Keenan, Debra L. Hovland
and Ann B. Parriott, 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 intents 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: 25 Feb 2008			/s/ James R. Giertz