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Exhibit q(3)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOWN ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned as trustees
and/or officers of NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FUNDS (the "Trust"), an Ohio business
trust, which have filed or will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, various Registration Statements and
amendments thereto for the registration under said Acts of the Trust hereby
constitutes and appoints Dimon Richard McFerson, Joseph J. Gasper, Robert J.
Woodward, Jr., Paul J. Hondros, James F. Laird, Jr., Kevin S. Crossett and
Elizabeth A. Davin, and each of them with power to act without the others,
his/her attorney, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in
his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to approve, and sign
such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, with power to
affix the corporate seal of said corporation thereto and to attest said seal and
to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting
unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform all and every act and thing requisite to all intents and purposes as
he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that which
said attorneys, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof. This instrument may be executed in one or more counterparts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have herewith set their names and seals
as of this 9th day of February, 2000.
/s/ John C. Bryant /s/ C. Brent DeVore
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John C. Bryant, Trustee C. Brent DeVore, Trustee
/s/ Sue A. Doody /s/ Robert M. Duncan
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Sue A. Doody, Trustee Robert M. Duncan, Trustee
/s/ Thomas J. Kerr, IV /s/ Douglas F. Kridler
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Thomas J. Kerr, IV, Trustee Douglas F. Kridler, Trustee
/s/ James F. Laird, Jr. /s/ Dimon R. McFerson
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James F. Laird, Jr., Treasurer Dimon R. McFerson, Trustee and Chairman
/s/ Arden L. Shisler /s/ David C. Wetmore
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Arden L. Shisler, Trustee David C. Wetmore, Trustee
