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, 2003 (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 24th day of February 2004.
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/s/Thomas M. McKenna
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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, 2003 (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 24th day of February 2004.
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/s/Diane K. Schumacher
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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, 2003 (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 24th day of February 2004.
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/s/Donald G. Barger, Jr.
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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, 2003 (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 24th day of February 2004.
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/s/Frank J. Hansen
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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, 2003 (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 24th day of February 2004.
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/s/Richard L. Thompson
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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, 2003 (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 24th day of February 2004.
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/s/Raymond R. Hipp
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Raymond R. Hipp