EX-24 10 w46524ex24.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1 GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION EXHIBIT 24 COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-3671 POWER OF ATTORNEY IRS NO. 13-1673581 ----------- REPORTS ON FORM -------------- 10-K AND 10-Q POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned Directors and/or Officers of GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints each of NICHOLAS D. CHABRAJA, MICHAEL J. MANCUSO, DAVID A. SAVNER, and his true and lawful attorney and agent, in the name and on behalf of the under-signed, to do any and all acts and things and execute any and all instruments which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable to enable General Dynamics Corporation to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, and the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules and regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) in respect thereof, in connection with annual reports to the Commission on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other reports as required by General Dynamics Corporation, including specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned in his capacity as Director and/or Officer of General Dynamics Corporation to reports filed with the Commission with respect thereto, to any and all amendments, including hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorneys and agents, or any of them, has done, shall do or shall cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have hereunto set their hands this 7th day of February 2001. /s/ Julius W. Becton, Jr. /s/ George A. Joulwan ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Julius W. Becton, Jr. George A. Joulwan /s/ Nicholas D. Chabraja /s/ Paul G. Kaminski ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Nicholas D. Chabraja Paul G. Kaminski /s/ James S. Crown /s/ James R. Mellor ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ James S. Crown James R. Mellor /s/ Lester Crown /s/ Carl E. Mundy, Jr. ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Lester Crown Carl E. Mundy, Jr. /s/ Charles H. Goodman /s/ Carlisle A.H. Trost ------------------------------ ------------------------------------ Charles H. Goodman Carlisle A.H. Trost