EX-24 7 a2086409zex-24.txt EX 24 EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Edgar D. Jannotta ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Lester B. Knight ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Perry J. Lewis ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ R. Eden Martin ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Andrew J. McKenna ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Robert S. Morrison ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Richard C. Notebaert ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Michael D. O'Halleran ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ John W. Rogers, Jr. ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Patrick G. Ryan, Jr. ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ George A. Schaefer ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Carolyn Y. Woo ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Patrick G. Ryan ------------------------------- POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Patrick G. Ryan, Michael D. O'Halleran, Harvey N. Medvin and Raymond I. Skilling, and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a registration statement (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for the registration of up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.20% Notes due 2007 and any and all amendments and supplements thereto or to the prospectus contained therein, (including pre-effective and post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all documents relating to the qualification or registration under state Blue Sky or securities laws of such securities, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, 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 the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has signed his/her name effective as of July 19, 2002. /s/ Harvey N. Medvin -------------------------------