Exhibit q
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Jeff B. Curtis as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the registration of shares of Columbia
Strategic Value Fund, Inc., and any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each attorney and agent full power and authority to do any and all
acts and things necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the attorney and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: September 15, 2000
/s/ Richard L. Woolworth
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Richard L. Woolworth
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Jeff B. Curtis as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the registration of shares of Columbia
Strategic Value Fund, Inc., and any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each attorney and agent full power and authority to do any and all
acts and things necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the attorney and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: September 29, 2000
/s/ James C. George
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James C. George
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Jeff B. Curtis as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the registration of shares of Columbia
Strategic Value Fund, Inc., and any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each attorney and agent full power and authority to do any and all
acts and things necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the attorney and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: September 29, 2000
/s/ J. Jerry Inskeep, Jr.
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J. Jerry Inskeep, Jr.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Jeff B. Curtis as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the registration of shares of Columbia
Strategic Value Fund, Inc., and any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each attorney and agent full power and authority to do any and all
acts and things necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the attorney and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: September 29, 2000
/s/ Patrick J. Simpson
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Patrick J. Simpson
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Jeff B. Curtis as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution for and in the name, place
and stead of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to sign the
Registration Statement on Form N-1A for the registration of shares of Columbia
Strategic Value Fund, Inc., and any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
granting unto each attorney and agent full power and authority to do any and all
acts and things necessary or advisable to be done, as fully and to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that the attorney and agent, or his substitute, may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Dated: September 29, 2000
/s/ Jeffrey L. Lunzer
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Jeffrey L. Lunzer
