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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints any
one of MARTIN M. KOFFEL and KENT P. AINSWORTH, each with full power to act
without the other, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Annual Report on SEC Form 10-K for
fiscal year 2000 of URS Corporation, and any or all amendments thereto, and to
file the same with all the exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent 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, as fully to all extents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, thereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and
agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue thereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in separate counterparts.
Dated: December 20, 2000.
/s/ Richard C. Blum /s/ Martin M. Koffel
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Richard C. Blum Martin M. Koffel
Director Director
/s/ Armen Der Marderosian /s/ Richard B. Madden
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Armen Der Marderosian Richard B. Madden
Director Director
/s/ S. Robert Foley, Jr. /s/ Jean-Yves Perez
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S. Robert Foley, Jr. Jean-Yves Perez
Director Director
/s/ Marie L. Knowles /s/ Richard O. Praeger
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Marie L. Knowles Richard O. Praeger
Director Director
/s/ Irwin L. Rosenstein /s/ William D. Walsh
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Irwin L. Rosenstein William D. Walsh
Director Director
