EX-99.(Q) 7 c62223bpex99-q.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY 1 EXHIBIT (q) POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned, being Officers and Trustees of each of the Van Kampen Open End Trusts (individually, a "Trust") as indicated on Schedule 1 attached hereto and incorporated by reference, each a Delaware business trust, except for the Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax Free Income Fund being a Pennsylvania trust, and being Officers and Directors of Van Kampen Series Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a Maryland corporation, do hereby, in the capacities shown below, Michael H. Santo, Sara L. Badler, and Weston B. Wetherell, each of Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois, as agents and attorneys-in-fact with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned, to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the undersigned, any and all amendments to the Registration Statement filed by each Trust or the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940. This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument. Dated: August 23, 2001
Signature Title --------- ----- /s/ Richard F. Powers, III President, Trustee/Director ----------------------------------------- Richard F. Powers, III /s/ John L. Sullivan Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer ----------------------------------------- John L. Sullivan /s/ J. Miles Branagan Trustee/Director ----------------------------------------- J. Miles Branagan /s/ Jerry D. Choate Trustee/Director ----------------------------------------- Jerry D. Choate /s/ Linda Hutton Heagy Trustee/Director ----------------------------------------- Linda Hutton Heagy /s/ R. Craig Kennedy Trustee/Director ----------------------------------------- R. Craig Kennedy /s/ Mitchell M. Merin Trustee/Director ----------------------------------------- Mitchell M. Merin /s/ Jack E. Nelson Trustee/Director ----------------------------------------- Jack E. Nelson /s/ Phillip B. Rooney Trustee/Director ----------------------------------------- Phillip B. Rooney /s/ Wayne W. Whalen Trustee/Director ----------------------------------------- Wayne W. Whalen /s/ Suzanne H. Woolsey Trustee/Director ----------------------------------------- Suzanne H. Woolsey
2 SCHEDULE 1 VAN KAMPEN U.S. GOVERNMENT TRUST VAN KAMPEN TAX FREE TRUST VAN KAMPEN TRUST VAN KAMPEN EQUITY TRUST VAN KAMPEN EQUITY TRUST II VAN KAMPEN TAX FREE MONEY FUND VAN KAMPEN COMSTOCK FUND VAN KAMPEN CORPORATE BOND FUND VAN KAMPEN EMERGING GROWTH FUND VAN KAMPEN ENTERPRISE FUND VAN KAMPEN EQUITY INCOME FUND VAN KAMPEN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES FUND VAN KAMPEN GROWTH AND INCOME FUND VAN KAMPEN HARBOR FUND VAN KAMPEN HIGH INCOME CORPORATE BOND FUND VAN KAMPEN LIFE INVESTMENT TRUST VAN KAMPEN LIMITED MATURITY GOVERNMENT FUND VAN KAMPEN PACE FUND VAN KAMPEN PENNSYLVANIA TAX FREE INCOME FUND VAN KAMPEN REAL ESTATE SECURITIES FUND VAN KAMPEN RESERVE FUND VAN KAMPEN TAX-EXEMPT TRUST VAN KAMPEN U.S. GOVERNMENT TRUST FOR INCOME