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NUVEEN EXCHANGE-TRADED INDEX TRUST
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, trustee of the above-
referenced organization, 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 l933 and the Investment
Company Act of l940, 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 21st day of December, 2000.
/s/ Timothy R. Schwertfeger
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Timothy R. Schwertfeger
STATE OF ILLINOIS )
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COUNTY OF COOK )
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On this 21st day of December, 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
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Notary Public, State of Illinois Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 10/27/01
