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 Teresa M. Brenner, Rachel R. Cummings and Gregory W. Norwood, 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, 2003, 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.
Dated: January 28, 2004
| BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | ||
| By: |
*/s/ KENNETH D. LEWIS | |
| Kenneth D. Lewis Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Signature |
Title |
Date | ||
| */s/ KENNETH D. LEWIS Kenneth D. Lewis |
Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ JAMES H. HANCE, JR. James H. Hance, Jr. |
Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer) |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ MARC D. OKEN Marc D. Oken |
Executive Vice President and Principal Financial Executive (Principal Accounting Officer) |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ JOHN R. BELK John R. Belk |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ CHARLES W. COKER Charles W. Coker |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ FRANK DOWD, IV Frank Dowd, IV |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ KATHLEEN F. FELDSTEIN Kathleen F. Feldstein |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ PAUL FULTON Paul Fulton |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ DONALD E. GUINN Donald E. Guinn |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ WALTER E. MASSEY Walter E. Massey |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ C. STEVEN MCMILLAN C. Steven McMillan |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ PATRICIA E. MITCHELL Patricia E. Mitchell |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ EDWARD L. ROMERO Edward L. Romero |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ O. TEMPLE SLOAN, JR. O. Temple Sloan, Jr. |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ MEREDITH R. SPANGLER Meredith R. Spangler |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ RONALD TOWNSEND Ronald Townsend |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ JACKIE M. WARD Jackie M. Ward |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||
| */s/ VIRGIL R. WILLIAMS Virgil R. Williams |
Director |
January 28, 2004 | ||