ALGER FUND
485BPOS, EX-24.Q-1, 2000-07-21
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or Trustee
of The Alger Fund, a  Massachusetts  business trust (the  "Trust"),  does hereby
constitute  and appoint  David D. Alger and Gregory S. Duch,  or either of them,
the true and  lawful  attorneys  and  agents of the  undersigned,  with power of
substitution,  to do any  and  all  acts  and  things  and  execute  any and all
instruments that said attorneys or agents, or either of them, may deem necessary
or  advisable  or which may be  required  to enable the Trust to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), the Investment  Company Act
of  1940,  as  amended  (the  1940  Act"),   and  the  securities  laws  of  the
jurisdictions  in which securities of the Trust may be offered and sold, and any
rules,  regulations or  requirements  of the Securities and Exchange  Commission
("SEC"),  or of the securities  commission or agency of any such jurisdiction in
respect thereof, in connection with the registration of the Trust under the 1940
Act or the  registration  for sale of its securities under the 1933 Act, and the
registration  and  qualification of such securities under the securities laws of
any  such  jurisdiction,   including  specifically,  but  without  limiting  the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned  officer and/or Trustee of the Trust (individually and
as such officer and/or Trustee), the Trust's registration statement on Form N-1A
and Notification of Registration on Form N-8A, any registration statement on any
other  form  adopted  by  the  SEC or on  the  applicable  form  for  any  other
jurisdiction with respect to the Trust and its shares of beneficial interest, to
be filed with the SEC or the  securities  commission or other agency of any such
jurisdiction  under either or both of said Acts or any other law or  regulation,
any amendments or post-effective amendments of any of the foregoing, any and all
amendments and supplements to such amendments or post-effective  amendments, and
any other  instruments or documents  filed as part of or in connection with said
registration  statements,  amendments or supplements;  and the undersigned  does
hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys or agents,  or either of them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  has subscribed  these presents as of
this 9th day of May, 2000.

                                                       /s/ Charles F. Baird, Jr.
                                                           ---------------------
                                                           Charles F. Baird, Jr.

STATE OF NEW YORK   )
                    )  ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK  )

     On the 9th day of May,  2000,  before me personally  came Charles F. Baird,
Jr.,  to me  known  to be the  individual  described  in and  who  executed  the
foregoing instrument, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same.


                                                        /s/ Eric Sanders
                                                --------------------------------
                                                          ERIC SANDERS
[Notarial Seal]                                 NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NEW YORK
                                                        No. 028A5089856
                                                  QUALIFIED IN NEW YORK COUNTY
<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or Trustee
of The Alger Fund, a  Massachusetts  business trust (the  "Trust"),  does hereby
constitute  and appoint  David D. Alger and Gregory S. Duch,  or either of them,
the true and  lawful  attorneys  and  agents of the  undersigned,  with power of
substitution,  to do any  and  all  acts  and  things  and  execute  any and all
instruments that said attorneys or agents, or either of them, may deem necessary
or  advisable  or which may be  required  to enable the Trust to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), the Investment  Company Act
of  1940,  as  amended  (the  1940  Act"),   and  the  securities  laws  of  the
jurisdictions  in which securities of the Trust may be offered and sold, and any
rules,  regulations or  requirements  of the Securities and Exchange  Commission
("SEC"),  or of the securities  commission or agency of any such jurisdiction in
respect thereof, in connection with the registration of the Trust under the 1940
Act or the  registration  for sale of its securities under the 1933 Act, and the
registration  and  qualification of such securities under the securities laws of
any  such  jurisdiction,   including  specifically,  but  without  limiting  the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned  officer and/or Trustee of the Trust (individually and
as such officer and/or Trustee), the Trust's registration statement on Form N-1A
and Notification of Registration on Form N-8A, any registration statement on any
other  form  adopted  by  the  SEC or on  the  applicable  form  for  any  other
jurisdiction with respect to the Trust and its shares of beneficial interest, to
be filed with the SEC or the  securities  commission or other agency of any such
jurisdiction  under either or both of said Acts or any other law or  regulation,
any amendments or post-effective amendments of any of the foregoing, any and all
amendments and supplements to such amendments or post-effective  amendments, and
any other  instruments or documents  filed as part of or in connection with said
registration  statements,  amendments or supplements;  and the undersigned  does
hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys or agents,  or either of them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  has subscribed  these presents as of
this 9th day of May, 2000.

                                                            /s/ Roger P. Cheever
                                                                ----------------
                                                                Roger P. Cheever

STATE OF NEW YORK    )
                     )  ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK   )

     On the 9th day of May, 2000, before me personally came Roger P. Cheever, to
me  known to be the  individual  described  in and who  executed  the  foregoing
instrument, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same.


                                                      /s/ Eric Sanders
                                                --------------------------------
                                                          ERIC SANDERS
[NOTARIAL SEAL]                                 NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NEW YORK
                                                         NO. 028A5069886
                                                  QUALIFIED IN NEW YORK COUNTY


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<PAGE>


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officer and/or Trustee
of The Alger Fund, a  Massachusetts  business trust (the  "Trust"),  does hereby
constitute  and appoint  David D. Alger and Gregory S. Duch,  or either of them,
the true and  lawful  attorneys  and  agents of the  undersigned,  with power of
substitution,  to do any  and  all  acts  and  things  and  execute  any and all
instruments that said attorneys or agents, or either of them, may deem necessary
or  advisable  or which may be  required  to enable the Trust to comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), the Investment  Company Act
of  1940,  as  amended  (the  1940  Act"),   and  the  securities  laws  of  the
jurisdictions  in which securities of the Trust may be offered and sold, and any
rules,  regulations or  requirements  of the Securities and Exchange  Commission
("SEC"),  or of the securities  commission or agency of any such jurisdiction in
respect thereof, in connection with the registration of the Trust under the 1940
Act or the  registration  for sale of its securities under the 1933 Act, and the
registration  and  qualification of such securities under the securities laws of
any  such  jurisdiction,   including  specifically,  but  without  limiting  the
generality of the foregoing, the power and authority to sign, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned  officer and/or Trustee of the Trust (individually and
as such officer and/or Trustee), the Trust's registration statement on Form N-lA
and Notification of Registration on Form N-8A, any registration statement on any
other  form  adopted  by  the  SEC or on  the  applicable  form  for  any  other
jurisdiction with respect to the Trust and its shares of beneficial interest, to
be filed with the SEC or the  securities  commission or other agency of any such
jurisdiction  under either or both of said Acts or any other law or  regulation,
any amendments or post-effective amendments of any of the foregoing, any and all
amendments and supplements to such amendments or post-effective  amendments, and
any other  instruments or documents  filed as part of or in connection with said
registration  statements,  amendments or supplements;  and the undersigned  does
hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys or agents,  or either of them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  has subscribed  these presents as of
this 9th day of May, 2000.

                                         /s/ Lester L. Colbert, Jr.
                                         --------------------------
                                             Lester L. Colbert, Jr.

STATE OF NEW YORK   )
                    )  ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK  )

     On the 9th day of May, 2000,  before me personally  came Lester L. Colbert,
Jr.,  to me  known  to be the  individual  described  in and  who  executed  the
foregoing instrument and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

                                                      /s/ Eric Sanders
                                                --------------------------------
                                                          ERIC SANDERS
[NOTARIAL SEAL]                                 NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NEW YORK
                                                         NO. 028A5069886
                                                  QUALIFIED IN NEW YORK COUNTY

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