Ex. 99-(q)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KEELEY SMALL CAP VALUE FUND, INC.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned, members of the
Board of Directors of the KEELEY Small Cap Value Fund, Inc. (the "Fund"), hereby
constitute and appoint John L. Keeley, Jr., Mark E. Zahorik and Christopher L.
Keeley, and each of them, their true and lawful attorney and agent to do any and
all acts and things to execute, including in electronic format, any and all
instruments which said attorney and agent may deem necessary or desirable to
enable the Fund to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and any rules,
regulations and requirements of United States Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder in connection with the registration under said Acts, including
specifically, but without limiting, the generality of the foregoing power and
authority to sign the name of the undersigned in their capacity as members of
the Board of Directors to Registration Statements and Amendments to Registration
Statements filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission with
respect to shares issued by the Fund and to any and all instruments or documents
filed as part of, or in connection with, said amendments to the Registration
Statement; and the undersigned hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorney
and agent shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have subscribed to these presents, this 14th
day of November 2000.
/S/ JEROME J. KLINGENBERGER /S/ JOHN F. LESCH
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Jerome J. Klingenberger John F. Lesch
/S/ JOHN G. KYLE /S/ ELWOOD P. WALMSLEY
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John G. Kyle Elwood P. Walmsley
/S/ SEAN W. LOWRY
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Sean W. Lowry
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