EXHIBIT 24
P O W E R O F A T T O R N E Y
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, Robert G. Kuhbach and Joseph W. Schmidt, 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,
2002, 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
5th day of March, 2003.
/s/ David H. Benson
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David H. Benson
/s/ Jean-Pierre M. Ergas
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Jean-Pierre M. Ergas
/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/ Bernard G. Rethore
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Bernard G. Rethore
/s/ Gary L. Roubos
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Gary L. Roubos
/s/ Michael B. Stubbs
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Michael B. Stubbs
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