Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned does hereby appoint and constitute Margaret R. Murphy and Steven W. Thompson, or either of them, as his or her true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact to execute in his or her name, place and stead the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Lydall, Inc. respecting (i) 1,500,000 shares of common stock issued or issuable in connection with the Lydall 2003 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan, and (ii) 75,000 shares reserved for issuance pursuant to two non-qualified stock option awards made by the Company to Roger M. Widmann, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company under option agreements dated January 12, 2000 and May 8, 2002, respectively, and any and all amendments thereto and to file such Form S-8 and any such amendment thereto with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this instrument this 6^th day of October, 2003.

By:    /s/    David Freeman David Freeman	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
By:    /s/    Thomas P. Smith Thomas P. Smith	Vice President-Controller and Interim Chief Financial Officer (Interim Principal Financial Officer)
By:    /s/    Kathleen Burdett Kathleen Burdett	Director
By:    /s/    Samuel P. Cooley Samuel P. Cooley	Director
By:    /s/    W. Leslie Duffy W. Leslie Duffy	Director
By:    /s/    Matthew T. Farrell Matthew T. Farrell	Director
By:    /s/    Suzanne Hammett Suzanne Hammett	Director
By:    /s/    Christopher R. Skomorowski Christopher R. Skomorowski	Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Director
By:    /s/    S. Carl Soderstrom, Jr. S. Carl Soderstrom, Jr.	Director
By:    /s/    Roger M. Widmann Roger M. Widmann	Chairman of the Board of Directors