EXHIBIT 16.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
appoints the Secretary and Assistant Secretaries of FEDERATED MDT
SERIES and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution for them and
in their names, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the
Registration Statement on Form N-14 relating to the proposed
reorganization of Federated Large Cap Growth Fund, a portfolio of
Federated Equity Funds, into Federated MDT Large Cap Growth Fund, a
portfolio of Federated MDT Series, and any amendments to the
Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments; and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
means of the Securities and Exchange Commission's electronic disclosure
system known as EDGAR, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents,
and each of them, full power and authority to sign and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
SIGNATURES TITLE DATE
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/S/ John F. Donahue
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John F. Donahue Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ J. Christopher Donahue
J. Christopher Donahue President and Trustee
(Principal Executive Officer)April 3, 2007
/S/ Richard A. Novak
Richard A. Novak Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)April 3, 2007
/S/ Thomas G. Bigley
Thomas G. Bigley Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ John T. Conroy, Jr.
John T. Conroy, Jr. Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ Nicholas P. Constantakis
Nicholas P. Constantakis Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ John F. Cunningham
John F. Cunningham Trustee April 3, 2007
Federated MDT Series - Power of Attorney for Merger of Federated Large
Cap Growth Fund into Federated MDT Large Cap Growth Fund
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/S/ Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D.
Lawrence D. Ellis, M.D. Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ Peter E. Madden
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Peter E. Madden Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.
Charles F. Mansfield, Jr. Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ John E. Murray, Jr.
John E. Murray, Jr. Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ Marjorie P. Smuts
Marjorie P. Smuts Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ John S. Walsh
John S. Walsh Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ James F. Will
James F. Will Trustee April 3, 2007
/S/ Thomas M. O'Neill
Thomas M. O'Neill Trustee April 3, 2007