<PAGE>
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST II
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST III
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, trustee of each of the
open-end investment companies listed on Attachment A, hereby constitutes and
appoints ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, NICHOLAS DALMASO, JESSICA R. DROEGER, LARRY W.
MARTIN and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with full power to each of
them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him on
his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
and file one or more Registration Statements on Form N-1A under the Securities
Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, including any amendment or
amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and all other documents required
to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal or state, relating to the
registration thereof, or the issuance of shares thereof, without limitation,
granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 28th day of April, 2000.
/s/ Timothy R. Schwertfeger
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Timothy R. Schwertfeger
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 28th day of April, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
<PAGE>
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST II
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST III
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of each of the
open-end investment companies listed on Attachment A, hereby constitutes and
appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER, ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, NICHOLAS DALMASO, JESSICA
R. DROEGER, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with
full power to each of them to act alone) her true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, for her on her behalf and in her name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign and file one or more Registration Statements on Form
N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,
including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and
all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal
or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares
thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as she might or could
do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set her hand this 28th day of April, 2000.
/s/ Sheila W. Wellington
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Sheila W. Wellington
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 28th day of April, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
<PAGE>
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST II
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST III
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of each of the
open-end investment companies listed on Attachment A, hereby constitutes and
appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER, ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, NICHOLAS DALMASO, JESSICA
R. DROEGER, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with
full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, for him on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign and file one or more Registration Statements on Form
N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,
including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and
all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal
or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares
thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 28th day of April, 2000.
/s/ Thomas E. Leafstrand
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Thomas E. Leafstrand
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 28th day of April, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
<PAGE>
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST II
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST III
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of each of the
open-end investment companies listed on Attachment A, hereby constitutes and
appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER, ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, NICHOLAS DALMASO, JESSICA
R. DROEGER, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with
full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, for him on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign and file one or more Registration Statements on Form
N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,
including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and
all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal
or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares
thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 28th day of April, 2000.
/s/ James E. Bacon
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James E. Bacon
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 28th day of April, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
<PAGE>
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST II
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST III
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of each of the
open-end investment companies listed on Attachment A, hereby constitutes and
appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER, ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, NICHOLAS DALMASO, JESSICA
R. DROEGER, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with
full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, for him on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign and file one or more Registration Statements on Form
N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,
including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and
all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal
or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares
thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 28th day of April, 2000.
/s/ William L. Kissick
----------------------
William L. Kissick
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 28th day of April, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
<PAGE>
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST II
NUVEEN INVESTMENT TRUST III
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a trustee of each of the
open-end investment companies listed on Attachment A, hereby constitutes and
appoints TIMOTHY R. SCHWERTFEGER, ALAN G. BERKSHIRE, NICHOLAS DALMASO, JESSICA
R. DROEGER, LARRY W. MARTIN and GIFFORD R. ZIMMERMAN, and each of them (with
full power to each of them to act alone) his true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, for him on his behalf and in his name, place and stead, in any and
all capacities, to sign and file one or more Registration Statements on Form
N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940,
including any amendment or amendments thereto, with all exhibits, and any and
all other documents required to be filed with any regulatory authority, federal
or state, relating to the registration thereof, or the issuance of shares
thereof, without limitation, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do
if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-
in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned trustee of the above-referenced organization
has hereunto set his hand this 28th day of April, 2000.
/s/ Jack B. Evans
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Jack B. Evans
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
)SS
COUNTY OF COOK )
On this 28th day of April, 2000, personally appeared before me, a Notary Public
in and for said County and State, the person named above who is known to me to
be the person whose name and signature is affixed to the foregoing Power of
Attorney and who acknowledged the same to be his voluntary act and deed for the
intent and purposes therein set forth.
"OFFICIAL SEAL"
Virginia L. Corcoran /s/ Virginia L. Corcoran
Notary Public, State of Illinois ------------------------
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01 Notary Public
