Exhibit 24.0
GARDNER DENVER, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned, a director of Gardner Denver, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Act") an Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Annual Report") for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (together with any and all subsequent
amendments) does hereby constitute and appoint Ross J. Centanni and Tracy D.
Pagliara, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorney or attorneys to execute and file on behalf of the undersigned, in
his capacity as a director of the Company, the Annual Report and any and all
other documents to be filed with the Commission pertaining to the Annual Report
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all
intents and purposes as he could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitution.
Executed at St. Louis, Missouri this 25th day of February 2003.
--------- -------- ----
/s/Thomas M. McKenna
--------------------
Thomas M. McKenna
Exhibit 24.0
GARDNER DENVER, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned, a director of Gardner Denver, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Act") an Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Annual Report") for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (together with any and all subsequent
amendments) does hereby constitute and appoint Ross J. Centanni and Tracy D.
Pagliara, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorney or attorneys to execute and file on behalf of the undersigned, in
his capacity as a director of the Company, the Annual Report and any and all
other documents to be filed with the Commission pertaining to the Annual Report
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all
intents and purposes as he could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitution.
Executed at St. Louis, Missouri this 25th day of February 2003.
--------- -------- ----
/s/Diane K. Schumacher
----------------------
Diane K. Schumacher
Exhibit 24.0
GARDNER DENVER, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned, a director of Gardner Denver, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Act") an Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Annual Report") for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (together with any and all subsequent
amendments) does hereby constitute and appoint Ross J. Centanni and Tracy D.
Pagliara, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorney or attorneys to execute and file on behalf of the undersigned, in
his capacity as a director of the Company, the Annual Report and any and all
other documents to be filed with the Commission pertaining to the Annual Report
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all
intents and purposes as he could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitution.
Executed at St. Louis, Missouri this 25th day of February 2003.
--------- -------- ----
/s/Donald G. Barger, Jr.
------------------------
Donald G. Barger, Jr.
Exhibit 24.0
GARDNER DENVER, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned, a director of Gardner Denver, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Act") an Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Annual Report") for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (together with any and all subsequent
amendments) does hereby constitute and appoint Ross J. Centanni and Tracy D.
Pagliara, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorney or attorneys to execute and file on behalf of the undersigned, in
his capacity as a director of the Company, the Annual Report and any and all
other documents to be filed with the Commission pertaining to the Annual Report
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all
intents and purposes as he could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitution.
Executed at St. Louis, Missouri this 25th day of February 2003.
--------- -------- ----
/s/Frank J. Hansen
------------------
Frank J. Hansen
Exhibit 24.0
GARDNER DENVER, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned, a director of Gardner Denver, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Act") an Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Annual Report") for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (together with any and all subsequent
amendments) does hereby constitute and appoint Ross J. Centanni and Tracy D.
Pagliara, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorney or attorneys to execute and file on behalf of the undersigned, in
his capacity as a director of the Company, the Annual Report and any and all
other documents to be filed with the Commission pertaining to the Annual Report
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all
intents and purposes as he could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitution.
Executed at St. Louis, Missouri this 25th day of February 2003.
--------- -------- ----
/s/Richard L. Thompson
----------------------
Richard L. Thompson
Exhibit 24.0
GARDNER DENVER, INC.
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
POWER OF ATTORNEY OF DIRECTORS
The undersigned, a director of Gardner Denver, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), which anticipates filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") under the provisions of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the "Act") an Annual Report on Form 10-K (the "Annual Report") for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002 (together with any and all subsequent
amendments) does hereby constitute and appoint Ross J. Centanni and Tracy D.
Pagliara, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
as attorney or attorneys to execute and file on behalf of the undersigned, in
his capacity as a director of the Company, the Annual Report and any and all
other documents to be filed with the Commission pertaining to the Annual Report
with full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things
whatsoever required or necessary to be done in the premises, as fully as to all
intents and purposes as he could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
approving the acts of said attorneys and any of them and any such substitution.
Executed at St. Louis, Missouri this 25th day of February 2003.
--------- -------- ----
/s/Raymond R. Hipp
------------------
Raymond R. Hipp