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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned directors of Varian Medical Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation ("Company"), hereby constitute and appoint Elisha W. Finney and
Joseph B. Phair, and each of them with full power to act without the other, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and
stead in the undersigned's capacity as a director of the Company, to execute in
the name and on behalf of the undersigned of the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2000 ("Report"), under the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and to file such Report, with
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith and any and all
amendments thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done and to
take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing
which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required of, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion. This Power of Attorney may be executed in any
number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same
Power of Attorney.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of December,
2000.
/s/ JOHN SEELY BROWN
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John Seely Brown
/s/ SAMUEL HELLMAN
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Samuel Hellman
/s/ TERRY R. LAUTENBACH
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Terry R. Lautenbach
/s/ DAVID W. MARTIN, JR.
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David W. Martin, Jr.
/s/ BURTON RICHTER
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Burton Richter
/s/ RICHARD W. VIESER
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Richard W. Vieser
