EXHIBIT 24.1

                         CONSENT AND POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW BY ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

Each of the undersigned directors of Varian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Allen J. Lauer and Arthur W. Homan
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power
of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in his
or her capacity as a director, to execute a Registration Statement or
Registration Statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, relating to 1,200,000 shares of Common Stock that are issuable under
the Varian, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan") and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to such Registration
Statements, and to file such Registration Statements and any and all amendments
thereto, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-
fact full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, and ratify and
confirm all that such attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof, and hereby consents to such registration of
the Shares and the issuance thereof pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 23rd day of February, 2000.


       /s/ D. E. Mundell
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       D. E. Mundell

       /s/ John G. McDonald
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       John G. McDonald

       /s/ Wayne R. Moon
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       Wayne R. Moon

       /s/ Elizabeth E. Tallett
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       Elizabeth E. Tallett