EX-24 4 0004.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned director and/or officer of International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., a New York corporation, which is about to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a new Registration Statement on Form S-8 or on other appropriate form, for the purpose of registering shares of the Corporation's Common Stock to be issued as and when purchased by employees under the "IFF Global Employee Stock Purchase Plan" hereby constitutes and appoints Stephen A. Block or Peter J. Serritella his (her) attorneys, and each of them his (her) attorney with power to act without the other, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him (her) and in his (her) name, place and stead to sign in any and all capacities such new Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto such attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do so and perform all and every act necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he (she) might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying the acts of such attorneys and each of them. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his (her) hand and seal this 14th day of November, 2000. /s/ MARGARET HAYES ADAME ------------------------------- Margaret Hayes Adame /s/ RICHARD M. FURLAUD ------------------------------- Richard M. Furlaud /s/ PETER A. GEORGESCU ------------------------------- Peter A. Georgescu /s/ CARLOS A. LOBBOSCO ------------------------------- Carlos A. Lobbosco /s/ GEORGE ROWE, JR. ------------------------------- George Rowe, Jr. /s/ HENRY P. VAN AMERINGEN ------------------------------- Henry P. van Ameringen /s/ WILLIAM D. VAN DYKE, III ------------------------------- William D. Van Dyke, III /s/ RICHARD A. GOLDSTEIN ------------------------------- Richard A. Goldstein /s/ DOUGLAS J. WETMORE ------------------------------- Douglas J. Wetmore