EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints
George M. Sherman, Patrick W. Allender, and Christopher C. McMahon, and
each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and each
with full power to act without the other, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933 to register 784,025 shares of
common stock of Danaher Corporation for sale by George M. Sherman, any and
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration
Statement and any related Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any state, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their, his or
her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Date: August 10, 2000 By: /s/ George M. Sherman
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George M. Sherman
Date: August 10, 2000 By: /s/ Mortimer M. Caplin
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Mortimer M. Caplin
Date: August 10, 2000 By: /s/ Donald J. Ehrlich
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Donald J. Ehrlich
Date: August 10, 2000 By: /s/ Walter G. Lohr
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Walter G. Lohr, Jr.
Date: August 10, 2000 By: /s/ Mitchell P. Rales
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Mitchell P. Rales
Date: August 10, 2000 By: /s/ Steven M. Rales
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Steven M. Rales
Date: August 10, 2000 By: /s/ A. Emmet Stephenson, Jr.
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A. Emmet Stephenson, Jr.
Date: August 10, 2000 By: /s/ Alan G. Spoon
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Alan G. Spoon
