EX-99.(Q) 10 c69996bpexv99wxqy.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY 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, appoint Sara L. Badler, Stefanie Chang Yu, Lou Anne McInnis and A. Thomas Smith III, each of New York, New York, as agents and attorneys-in-fact with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, any Registration Statement on Form N-1A (including any and all amendments thereto), any Registration Statement on Form N-14 (including any and all amendments thereto) and any other document, upon the advice of counsel, filed by each Trust or the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of his or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. 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 22, 2002
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/ Wayne W. Whalen Trustee/Director ------------------------------------------- Wayne W. Whalen /s/ Suzanne H. Woolsey Trustee/Director ------------------------------------------- Suzanne H. Woolsey
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 AND 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