EXHIBIT (18)(d)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as principal financial and accounting officer of State
Street Research Growth Trust ("Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust, hereby
constitutes and appoints Francis J. McNamara, III and Darman A. Wing as the true
and lawful attorneys of the undersigned, with full power to each of them alone
to sign for the undersigned, in the name and in the capacity of the undersigned
indicated below, any Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto
of the Trust filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and generally to
do all such things in the name and in the indicated capacity of the undersigned
as are required to enable the Trust to comply with provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
and all requirements and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby ratifying and confirming the signature of the undersigned as it has been
and may be signed by said attorneys to said Registration Statements, and any and
all amendments thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, executed the 15th day of December, 2000.
Signature Capacity
/s/ Gerard P. Maus Principal financial and
Gerard P. Maus accounting officer
