Exhibit 24a1




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

               The undersigned, acting in the capacity or capacities with
respect to Merrimac Industries, Inc. stated with their respective names below,
hereby constitute and appoint MASON N. CARTER and ROBERT V. CONDON, and each of
them severally, the attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power to them
and each of them to sign for and in the name of the undersigned in the
capacities indicated below (a) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the Merrimac Industries, Inc. Long-Term
Incentive Plan, (b) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
on Form S-8 of the Merrimac Industries, Inc. Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors, (c) Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of the 1995 Stock Purchase Plan of Merrimac Industries, Inc., (d)
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of the
1993 Incentive Stock Option Plan and (e) any and all amendments and supplements
thereto:

      Signature                         Title                        Date

  /s/ Mason N. Carter
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      Mason N. Carter            Chairman of the Board,        February 20, 2001
                              President and Chief Executive
                               Officer (principal executive
                                 officer) and Director


  /s/ Robert V. Condon         Vice President, Finance and     February 20, 2001
- ---------------------------      Chief Financial Officer
      Robert V. Condon          (principal financial and
                                   accounting officer


  /s/ Albert H. Cohen                 Director                 February 21, 2001
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      Albert H. Cohen


  /s/ Edward H. Cohen                 Director                 February 15, 2001
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      Edward H. Cohen


  /s/ Joseph B. Fuller                Director                 February 15, 2001
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      Joseph B. Fuller







      Signature                         Title                        Date

  /s/ Joel H. Goldberg                Director                 February 15, 2001
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      Joel H. Goldberg


  /s/ Arthur A. Oliner                Director                 February 15, 2001
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      Arthur A. Oliner





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