EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND AFFILIATES DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN SUPPLEMENTAL INCENTIVE SAVINGS PLAN REGISTRATION STATEMENTS Each of the undersigned directors and/or officers of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. ("PNC"), a Pennsylvania corporation, hereby names, constitutes and appoints Walter E. Gregg, Jr., Karen M. Barrett and Thomas R. Moore, and each of them individually, with full power to act without the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to execute for the undersigned and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, one or more Registration Statements on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form) to be filed for the registration of deferred obligations in and interests of participation pursuant to the above-referenced plans, and any successor plan or plans, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such registration statements, and any subsequent registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities self-regulating body, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person; And each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute, lawfully does or causes to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the following persons have duly signed this Power of Attorney this 5th day of July, 2001. Name/Signature Capacity - -------------- -------- /s/ James E. Rohr Chairman, President, - ---------------------------- Chief Executive Officer James E. Rohr and Director /s/ Paul W. Chellgren Director - ---------------------------- Paul W. Chellgren /s/ Robert N. Clay Director - ---------------------------- Robert N. Clay /s/ George A. Davidson, Jr. Director - ---------------------------- George A. Davidson, Jr. /s/ David F. Girard-diCarlo Director - ---------------------------- David F. Girard-diCarlo /s/ Walter E. Gregg, Jr. Vice Chairman and Director - ---------------------------- Walter E. Gregg, Jr. /s/ Robert L. Haunschild Senior Vice President and - ---------------------------- Chief Financial Officer Robert L. Haunschild /s/ William R. Johnson Director - ---------------------------- William R. Johnson /s/ Bruce C. Lindsay Director - ---------------------------- Bruce C. Lindsay /s/ W. Craig McClelland Director - ---------------------------- W. Craig McClelland Name/Signature Capacity - -------------- -------- /s/ Thomas H. O'Brien Director - ---------------------------- Thomas H. O'Brien /s/ Samuel R. Patterson Controller - ---------------------------- (Principal Accounting Officer) Samuel R. Patterson /s/ Jane G. Pepper Director - ---------------------------- Jane G. Pepper /s/ Jackson H. Randolph Director - ---------------------------- Jackson H. Randolph /s/ Roderic H. Ross Director - ---------------------------- Roderic H. Ross /s/ Lorene K. Steffes Director - ---------------------------- Lorene K. Steffes /s/ Thomas J. Usher Director - ---------------------------- Thomas J. Usher /s/ Milton A. Washington Director - ---------------------------- Milton A. Washington /s/ Helge H. Wehmeier Director - ---------------------------- Helge H. Wehmeier