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FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*            Hoover            William          C.	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 4/7/03	4. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol             Dynamics Research Corporation (DRCO)
(Last)             (First)            (Middle)   8903    Georgetown    Pike	I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer                       (Check all applicable) [_]  Director                       [_]  10% Owner [X]  Officer (give Below)    [_]   Other (specify title below) President and Chief Operating Officer	6. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
(Street)        McLean       VA    22102-1006			7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) [X]  Form filed by One Reporting Person [_] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)             (State)             (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr.4)	2.Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock $.10 par value	14,815	(D)

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FORM 3 (continued) Table II — Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1.Title of Derivative Security (Instr.4)	2. Date Exer- cisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities UnderlyingDerivative Security(Instr. 4)		4. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Deri -vative Security	5. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exer- cisable	Expira- Date	Title	Amont or Number of Shares
Stock Options	(1)		Common Stock	100,000	$12.14	(D)

Explanation of Responses: (1) The options will vest one-third on the first anniversary of employment and one-third on each successive anniversary. The options shall expire 10 years from the date of grant.

		/s/ Richard A. Covel  **Signature of Reporting Person          Richard A. Covel       Attorney-in-fact	4/18/03 Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS EACH OF RICHARD COVEL AND DAVID KELEHER, SIGNING SINGLY, THE UNDERSIGNED’S TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT TO:

        (1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer or director of Dynamics Research Corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

        (2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, whether in paper format or electronically; and

        (3)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 15th day of April, 2003.

 

/s/ William C. Hoover
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 WITNESS:

 /s/ Janet Melendez
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