EXHIBIT 16
FIRST AMERICAN INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY -- N-14 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas Plumb, Robert H. Nelson and
Christopher J. Smith, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, 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 N-14 of First
American Investment Funds, Inc., relating to the combination of International
Index Fund with and into International Fund, and any and all amendments thereto,
including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform 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, each acting alone, or the
substitutes for such attorneys-in-fact and agents, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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/s/ Robert J. Dayton Director June 21, 2000
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Robert J. Dayton
/s/ Roger Gibson Director June 21, 2000
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Roger Gibson
/s/ Andrew M. Hunter III Director June 21, 2000
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Andrew M. Hunter III
/s/ Leonard W. Kedrowski Director June 21, 2000
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Leonard W. Kedrowski
/s/ John M. Murphy, Jr. Director June 21, 2000
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John M. Murphy, Jr.
/s/ Robert L. Spies Director June 21, 2000
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Robert L. Spies
/s/ Joseph D. Strauss Director June 21, 2000
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Joseph D. Strauss
/s/ Virginia L. Stringer Director June 21, 2000
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Virginia L. Stringer
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