POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned

hereby constitutes and appoints each of Richard G. Dahlen and Israel J.

Floyd, acting individually, the undersigned's true and lawful

attorneys-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the

undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director and/or officer
of
Hercules Incorporated (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 which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute
any such Form 3, 4, or 5, to complete and execute any amendment
or
amendments thereto, and to timely file such form with the United
States
Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock exchange and/or any
other
governmental, regulatory or stock exchange body or similar
authority; and


(3) take any other action whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing
(1) and/or (2) 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 6th day of
January, 2006.


_/s/Elizabeth Miller___		__/s/John E.
Panichella____
Witness				John E.
Panichella