EXHIBIT (17)(e)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned, as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Trustee, principal
executive officer and principal financial and accounting officer, of State
Street Research Securities Trust ("Trust"), a Massachusetts business trust,
hereby constitutes and appoints Francis J. McNamara, III and Darman A. Wing as
the true and lawful attorneys of the undersigned, with full power to each of
them alone to sign for the undersigned, in the name and in the capacity of the
undersigned indicated below, any Registration Statements and any and all
amendments thereto of the Trust filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and generally to do all such things in the name and in the indicated
capacity of the undersigned as are required to enable the Trust to comply with
provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and/or the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and all requirements and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming the
signature of the undersigned as it has been and may be signed by said attorneys
to said Registration Statements, and any and all amendments thereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, executed the 3rd day of August, 2000.
Signature Capacity
/s/ Gerard P. Maus Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Trustee,
------------------------ principal executive officer and principal
Gerard P. Maus financial and accounting officer
