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SIGNATURE JULIE K. GETCHELL
TITLE SEN.VICE PRESIDENT
LOGO
This report is signed on behalf of the registrant (or depositor or trustee) in
the City of Minneapolis and State of Minnesota on the twenty-fourth day of
March, 1997.
Great Hall Investment Funds, Inc.
Witness: Julie K.Getchell By: J. Scott Spiker
-------------------------- -----------------------
Julie K. Getchell J. Scott Spiker
Chief Administrative Officer Chief Executive Officer
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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Great Hall
Investment Funds, Inc.'s January 31, 1997 Semi-Annual Report and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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