Exhibit 24(a)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of Bank of America Corporation and the several undersigned officers and directors whose signatures appear below, hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Charles M. Berger, Rachel R. Cummings and Paul J. Polking, and each of them acting individually, its, his and her true and lawful attorneys with power to act without any other and with full power of substitution, to prepare, execute, deliver and file in its, his and her name and on its, his and her behalf, and in each of the undersigned officer’s and director’s capacity or capacities as shown below, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, and all exhibits thereto and all documents in support thereof or supplemental thereto, and any and all amendments or supplements to the foregoing, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts and things which said attorneys or attorney might do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Bank of America Corporation has caused this power of attorney to be signed on its behalf, and each of the undersigned officers and directors, in the capacity or capacities noted, has hereunto set his or her hand as of the date indicated below.
| BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
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| By: |
/s/ Kenneth D. Lewis | |
| Kenneth D. Lewis | ||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Dated: January 22, 2003
Exhibit 24(a)
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| /s/ Kenneth D. Lewis |
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Kenneth D. Lewis |
and Director |
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| (Principal Executive Officer) |
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| /s/ James H. Hance, Jr. |
Vice Chairman, Chief |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| James H. Hance, Jr. |
Financial Officer and Director |
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| (Principal Financial Officer) |
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| /s/ Marc D. Oken |
Executive Vice President and |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Marc D. Oken |
Principal Financial Executive |
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| (Principal Accounting Officer) |
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| /s/ John R. Belk |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| John R. Belk
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| /s/ Charles W. Coker |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Charles W. Coker
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| /s/ Frank Dowd, IV |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Frank Dowd, IV
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| /s/ Kathleen F. Feldstein |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Kathleen F. Feldstein
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| /s/ Paul Fulton |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Paul Fulton
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| /s/ Donald E. Guinn |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Donald E. Guinn |
| /s/ Walter E. Massey |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Walter E. Massey |
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| /s/ C. Steven McMillan |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| C. Steven McMillan |
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| /s/ Patricia E. Mitchell |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Patricia E. Mitchell |
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| /s/ O. Temple Sloan, Jr. |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| O. Temple Sloan, Jr. |
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| /s/ Meredith R. Spangler |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Meredith R. Spangler |
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| /s/ Ronald Townsend |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Ronald Townsend |
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| /s/ Jackie M. Ward |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Jackie M. Ward |
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| /s/ Virgil R. Williams |
Director |
January 22, 2003 | ||
| Virgil R. Williams |