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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that, the undersigned, each a
director of Dover Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby
constitutes and appoints Thomas L. Reece, David S. Smith and Robert G. Kuhbach,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, on behalf of and in the name, place and stead
of the undersigned, to sign, execute and affix the undersigned's name thereto
and file the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2000, and any amendments thereto, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any other appropriate authority, granting unto said attorneys and
each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing required and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, of any of them may lawfully do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his/her hand
this 31th day of January, 2001.
/s/David H. Benson
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David H. Benson
/s/ John-Pierre M. Ergas
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John-Pierre M. Ergas
/s/ Roderick J. Fleming
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Roderick J. Fleming
/s/Kristiane C. Graham
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Kristiane C. Graham
/s/James L. Koley
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James L. Koley
/s/Richard K. Lochridge
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Richard K. Lochridge
/s/Thomas L. Reece
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Thomas L. Reece
/s/Gary L. Roubos
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Gary L. Roubos
/s/Michael B. Stubbs
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Michael B. Stubbs