POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned does hereby
constitute and appoint Thomas J. Mielke, Jeffrey P. Melucci, Jeffrey S. McFall,
Grant B. McGee and Robert F. Westover, and each of them, with full power to act
alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for his and in his name, place and stead, in
any and all capacities, to execute and acknowledge Form 144 under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Rule 144
thereunder, and Forms 3, 4, and 5 pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
and the rules and regulations thereunder, any amendments to such forms,
and any and all other documents (and amendments thereto), including,
without  limitation, Form ID, necessary or desirable to facilitate the
filing by the undersigned of Form 144 and forms under Section 16(a)
of the Exchange Act, with respect to securities of Kimberly-Clark
Corporation (the "Company"), and to deliver and file the same with all
exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, to and
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the national securities
exchanges and the Company, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his
or her substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned agrees that each of the
attorneys-in-fact herein may rely entirely on information furnished
orally or in writing by the undersigned to such attorney-in-fact.

         The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be
affected in any manner by reason of the execution, at any time,
of other powers of attorney by the undersigned in favor of persons
other than those named herein.

          This Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3,
Form 4, Form 5 or Form 144 with regard to the undersigned's
ownership of or transactions in securities of the Company, unless
earlier revoked in writing.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of
November 2015.


                                                      /s/ Thomas J. Falk
                                                          Thomas J. Falk