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EXHIBIT 16
SCUDDER PORTFOLIO TRUST
POWERS OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and
on the dates indicated. By so signing, the undersigned in his/her capacity as
trustee or officer, or both, as the case may be, of the Registrant, does hereby
appoint Sheldon A. Jones, Joseph R. Fleming, Allison R. Beakley, Caroline
Pearson and John Millette and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful
attorney and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead (in such
capacity) any and all amendments to the Registration Statement and any post-
effective amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or desirable in
connection therewith, to attest the seal of the Registrant thereon and to file
the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of said attorneys
and agents shall have power to act with or without the other and have full power
and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in
any and all capacities, every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done
in the premises as fully and to all intents and the purposes as the undersigned
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the act of said
attorneys and agents and each of them.
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ Linda C. Coughlin
____________________ Trustee and President November 14, 2000
Linda C. Coughlin
/s/ Henry P. Becton, Jr.
____________________ Trustee November 14, 2000
Henry P. Becton, Jr.
/s/ Dawn-Marie Driscoll
____________________ Trustee November 14, 2000
Dawn-Marie Driscoll
/s/ Edgar R. Fiedler
____________________ Trustee November 14, 2000
Edgar R. Fiedler
/s/ Keith R. Fox
____________________ Trustee November 14, 2000
Keith R. Fox
/s/ Joan Edelman Spero
____________________ Trustee November 14, 2000
Joan Edelman Spero
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Signature Title Date
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/s/ Jean Gleason Stromberg
____________________ Trustee November 14, 2000
Jean Gleason Stromberg
/s/ Jean C. Tempel
____________________ Trustee November 14, 2000
Jean C. Tempel
/s/ Steven Zaleznick
____________________ Trustee November 14, 2000
Steven Zaleznick
____________________ Treasurer (Principal Financial November 14, 2000
John R. Hebble and Accounting Officer)
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