Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that V.F. Corporation and the
undersigned directors and officers of V.F. Corporation do hereby constitute and
appoint G. G. Johnson, C.S. Cummings and R. K. Shearer, and each of them, true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned to execute on their behalf the
Annual Report of V.F. Corporation on Form 10-K (including any amendments
thereof) of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year of V.F.
Corporation ended January 3, 1998.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has duly executed this
Power of Attorney this 10th day of February, 1998.
ATTEST: V.F. CORPORATION
/s/ C. S. Cummings By: /s/ Mackey J. McDonald
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C. S. Cummings Mackey J. McDonald, President and Chief
Secretary Executive Officer
Principal Executive Officer: Principal Financial Officer:
/s/ Mackey J. McDonald /s/ G. G. Johnson
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Mackey J. McDonald, President, G. G. Johnson, Vice President-Finance
Chief Executive Officer and Director and Chief Financial Officer
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/ R. K. Shearer
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R. K. Shearer, Vice President - Controller
/s/ Robert D. Buzzell /s/ Edward E. Crutchfield
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Robert D. Buzzell, Director Edward E. Crutchfield, Director
/s/ Ursula F. Fairbairn /s/ Barbara S. Feigin
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Ursula F. Fairbairn, Director Barbara S. Feigin, Director
/s/ George Fellows /s/ Leon C. Holt, Jr.
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G. Fellows, Director Leon C. Holt, Jr., Director
/s/ Robert J. Hurst /s/ L. R. Pugh
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Robert J. Hurst, Director L. R. Pugh, Director
/s/ William E. Pike /s/ L. Dudley Walker
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William E. Pike, Director L. Dudley Walker, Director
/s /M. Rust Sharp
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M. Rust Sharp, Director