POWER OF ATTORNEY
     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints
each of John R. Gibson and David N. Keys, 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 officer and/or director of American Pacific Corporation, a Delaware corporation (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 that may
be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and
execute any amendment or amendments thereto, 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 the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney
shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
     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 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 30th  day of September, 2002.

     Signature: 	    /s/ FRED D. GIBSON, JR.
	Fred D. Gibson, Jr.