POWER OF ATTORNEY


	KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, J. A. Blanchard III, hereby
constitute and appoint JEFFREY D. PFLAUM, ROBERT E. SWITZ, or either of them,
as my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers of
substitution and resubstitution for me and in my name, place and stead, to sign
any reports on Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of
Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership) and Form 5
(Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership) relating to transactions
by me in Common Stock or other securities of ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC., and
all amendments thereto, and to file the same, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite or necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as I
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact and agents, and each of them, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.  This Power of Attorney shall
be effective until such time as I deliver a written revocation thereof to the
above-named attorneys-in-fact and agents.


Dated:		2/24/01				/s/ J. A. Blanchard III
						J. A. Blanchard III
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