Exhibit 10.21E

                             SIXTH AMENDMENT TO THE
                         KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION

                    401+ EXECUTIVE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN


1.  The third sentence of Section 3.1 is amended to read as follows:

       "Such amount or rate of compensation deferred shall not exceed the excess
       of (i) sixty  percent  of the  Participant's  compensation  on a combined
       basis with (ii) the  maximum  amount of Deferral  Contributions  that the
       Participant  is authorized to elect for the Plan Year under the Incentive
       Savings Plan."

2.  The amendment made herein shall take effect on January 1, 2003.

3.  In all other respects, the Plan shall remain in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Amendment to be executed this
29/th/ day of December, 2002.


                                           KEWAUNEE SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION


                                           By:       /s/ James J. Rossi
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                                               Vice President, Human Resources