POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, James C. McCreary,
hereby constitute and appoint Patricia L. Jones, Albert P.L. Stroucken, Timothy J.
Keenan, and John A. Feenan, 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:  August 18, 2004				/s/  James C. McCreary