EX-24.1 5 l90082aex24-1.txt EXHIBIT 24.1 1 Exhibit 24.1 POWER OF ATTORNEY Each of the undersigned directors and officers of The J. M. Smucker Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard K. Smucker, and Steven J. Ellcessor and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact or attorneys-in-fact, for each of the undersigned and in the name, place and stead of each of the undersigned, to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") one or more Registration Statement(s) on Form S-3 relating to the registration for resale of common stock, without par value, of the Company, with any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto, including pre-effective and post-effective amendments or supplements or any additional registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 promulgated under the Securities Act, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever necessary, advisable or desirable to be done in the premises, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitute. Executed as of this 22nd day of August 2001.
/s/ Timothy P. Smucker /s/ Richard K. Smucker -------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Timothy P. Smucker Richard K. Smucker Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer, and Director and Director /s/ Kathryn W. Dindo /s/ Charles S. Mechem, Jr. -------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Kathryn W. Dindo Charles S. Mechem, Jr. Director Director /s/ Elizabeth Valk Long /s/ William H. Steinbrink -------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Elizabeth Valk Long William H. Steinbrink Director Director /s/ William Wrigley, Jr. /s/ Vincent C. Byrd -------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- William Wrigley, Jr. Vincent C. Byrd Director Vice President and General Manager - Consumer Market, and Director /s/ Fred A. Duncan /s/ Richard G. Jirsa -------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- Fred A. Duncan Richard G. Jirsa Vice President and General Manager - Vice President - Information Systems and Industrial Market, and Director Corporate Controller /s/ Steven J. Ellcessor ------------------------------------------- Steven J. Ellcessor Vice President - Finance and Administration, Secretary, and General Counsel