EX-24 6 dex24.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY Exhibit (24) WACHOVIA CORPORATION POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of WACHOVIA CORPORATION (the "Corporation") hereby constitute and appoint Mark C. Treanor and Ross E. Jeffries, Jr., and each of them severally, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in any one of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors and officers of the Corporation, one or more Registration Statements to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the registration of (i) new debt, equity and other securities of the Corporation having an aggregate initial offering price of up to $10,000,000,000, and (ii) new debt securities of the Corporation under a medium-term note program having an aggregate initial offering price of up to $4,000,000,000, and to sign any and all amendments to such Registration Statements. Signature Capacity --------- -------- /s/ L.M. BAKER, JR. Chairman and Director ------------------------ L.M. Baker, Jr. /S/ G. KENNEDY THOMPSON President and Chief Executive Officer and ------------------------ Director G. Kennedy Thompson /S/ ROBERT P. KELLY Executive Vice President and Chief Financial ------------------------ Officer Robert P. Kelly /S/ DAVID M. JULIAN Senior Vice President and Corporate ------------------------ Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) David M. Julian /s/ F. DUANE ACKERMAN Director ------------------------ F. Duane Ackerman /S/ JAMES S. BALLOUN Director ------------------------ James S. Balloun /S/ ROBERT J. BROWN Director ------------------------ Robert J. Brown /S/ PETER C. BROWNING Director ------------------------ Peter C. Browning /S/ JOHN T. CASTEEN, III Director ------------------------ John T. Casteen, III Signature Capacity --------- -------- /S/ WILLIAM H. GOODWIN, JR. Director --------------------------- William H. Goodwin, Jr. /S/ ROBERT A. INGRAM Director --------------------------- Robert A. Ingram /S/ RADFORD D. LOVETT Director --------------------------- Radford D. Lovett /s/ MACKEY J. MCDONALD Director --------------------------- Mackey J. McDonald /S/ JOSEPH NEUBAUER Director --------------------------- Joseph Neubauer /S/ LLOYD U. NOLAND, III Director --------------------------- Lloyd U. Noland, III /s/ RUTH G. SHAW Director --------------------------- Ruth G. Shaw /S/ LANTY L. SMITH Director --------------------------- Lanty L. Smith /S/ JOHN C. WHITAKER, JR. Director --------------------------- John C. Whitaker, Jr. /S/ DONA DAVIS YOUNG Director --------------------------- Dona Davis Young Dated: October 26, 2000 Charlotte, North Carolina