EX-24 9 exh24_1.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY EXHIBIT 24.1 Page 1 of 2 of Power of Attorney to U.S. Bancorp Registration Statement on Form S-3. ------------------------------------------------ POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jerry A. Grundhofer, David M. Moffett and Terrance R. Dolan, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign one or more Registration Statements on Form S-3 of U.S. Bancorp, and any and all amendments including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits and other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or the substitutes for such attorneys-in-fact and agents, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney. Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Jerry A. Grundhofer President, Chief Executive Officer and November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Director (principal executive officer) Jerry A. Grundhofer /s/ David M. Moffett Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- and Director (principal financial David M. Moffett officer) /s/ Terrance R. Dolan Senior Vice President and Controller November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- (principal accounting officer) Terrance R. Dolan /s/ John F. Grundhofer Chairman and Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- John F. Grundhofer /s/ Linda L. Ahlers Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Linda L. Ahlers /s/ Victoria B. Buyniski Gluckman Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Victoria B. Buyniski Gluckman /s/ Arthur D. Collins, Jr. Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Arthur D. Collins, Jr. /s/ Peter H. Coors Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Peter H. Coors /s/ John C. Dannemiller Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- John C. Dannemiller /s/ Joshua Green III Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Joshua Green III /s/ J.P. Hayden, Jr. Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- J.P. Hayden, Jr. /s/ Roger L. Howe Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Roger L. Howe Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Thomas H. Jacobsen /s/ Delbert W. Johnson Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Delbert W. Johnson /s/ Joel W. Johnson Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Joel W. Johnson /s/ Jerry W. Levin Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Jerry W. Levin /s/ Sheldon B. Lubar Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Sheldon B. Lubar /s/ Frank Lyon, Jr. Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Frank Lyon, Jr. /s/ Daniel F. McKeithan, Jr. Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Daniel F. McKeithan, Jr. /s/ David B. O'Maley Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- David B. O'Maley /s/ O'dell Owens, M.D., M.P.H. Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- O'dell M. Owens, M.D., M.P.H. /s/ Thomas E. Petry Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Thomas E. Petry Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Richard G. Reiten /s/ S. Walter Richey Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- S. Walter Richey /s/ Warren R. Staley Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Warren R. Staley Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- Patrick T. Stokes /s/ John J. Stollenwerk Director November 1, 2001 --------------------------------- John J. Stollenwerk
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