UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
September 6, 2002 (September 5, 2002)

GREIF BROS. CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                   Delaware                                   31-4388903
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      (State or other jurisdiction of                      (I.R.S. Employer
       incorporation or organization)                      Identification No.)

         425 Winter Road, Delaware, Ohio                          43015
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    (Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)	

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (740) 549-6000

Not Applicable

Former name or former address, if changed since last report.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a) None required.
(b) None required.

(c)  Exhibits:

     Exhibit No.   Description

     99.1          Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
                   of Greif Bros. Corporation Regarding Facts and
                   Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

     99.2          Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer
                   of Greif Bros. Corporation Regarding Facts and
                   Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings	

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On September 5, 2002, each of the Principal Executive Officer, Michael J. Gasser, and the Principal Financial Officer, Donald S. Huml, of Greif Bros. Corporation submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.
A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit (99.1 and 99.2).

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
GREIF BROS. CORPORATION

Date: September 6, 2002               By: /s/ Gary R. Martz
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                                          Gary R. Martz
                                          Senior Vice President, General Counsel
                                          and Secretary	

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number           Description

99.1                     Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer of
                         Greif Bros. Corporation Regarding Facts and
                         Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

99.2                     Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer of
                         Greif Bros. Corporation Regarding Facts and
                         Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings	

Exhibit 99.1
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, Michael J. Gasser, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Greif Bros. Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
. no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and
. no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's Audit Committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
. the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Greif Bros. Corporation for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2001;
. all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Greif Bros. Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
. any amendments to the foregoing.

/s/ Michael J. Gasser                      Subscribed and sworn to
------------------------------------       before me this 5/th/ day of
Michael J. Gasser                          September, 2002.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Date: September 5, 2002

                                           /s/ Gary R. Martz
                                           --------------------------------
                                           Notary Public	

My commission has no expiration date.
Section 147.03.R.C.

Exhibit 99.2
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, Donald S. Huml, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Greif Bros. Corporation, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
. no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and
. no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's Audit Committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
. the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Greif Bros. Corporation for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2001;
. all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Greif Bros. Corporation filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and
. any amendments to the foregoing.

/s/ Donald S. Huml
-----------------------------------        Subscribed and sworn to
Donald S. Huml                             before me this 5/th/ day of
Chief Financial Officer                    September, 2002.
Date:  September 5, 2002

                                           /s/ Gary R. Martz
                                           ---------------------------------
                                           Notary Public	

My commission has no expiration date.
Section 147.03 R.C.