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EXHIBIT S
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GREAT HALL INVESTMENT FUNDS, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
TO SIGN REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
AND AMENDMENTS THERETO
The undersigned, duly elected directors of Great Hall Investment Funds,
Inc. (the "Company"), hereby appoint John C. Appel, Raye C. Kanzenbach, Daniel
J. Collins and Jennifer Lammers, and each of them individually, as
attorney-in-fact and agent to do any and all acts and things, and execute in
their names any and all instruments, which said attorneys and agents my deem
necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Investment
Company Act of 1940, the Securities Act of 1933, any requirements of the
Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof and any state securities
laws, in connection with the registration under said Acts of the Company and the
shares of the Company and the offerings of shares of the Company including
specifically power and authority to sign their names to any and all
Notifications of Registration and Registration Statements to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission under either of said Acts in respect to the
Company and such shares of the Company, and any amendments (including
pre-effective and post-effective amendments) or applications for amendment or
supplements of or to such Notifications of Registration and Registration
Statements, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission;
and the undersigned do hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and
agents, and each of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Any one
of said agents and attorneys shall have, and may exercise, without the others,
all the powers conferred hereby.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed their names hereto as of
the 6th day of September, 2000.
/s/ T. Geron Bell /s/ Sandra J. Hale
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T. Geron (Jerry) Bell Sandra J. Hale
Director Director
/s/ Ron James /s/ J. H. Wein
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Ron James Jay H. Wein
Director Director
