POWER OF ATTORNEY       EXHIBIT 24

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE
PRESENTS, that I, JOHN J. BOYLE 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
resubstituion 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 attorneys-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:  2/25/00				/s/ John J. Boyle III