POWER OF ATTORNEY


	Know All by These Presents, that I, Frank P. Russomanno,
hereby make, constitute, and appoint Jerry P. Lehrman,
Robert J. Vold and John E. Nardecchia or any of them acting alone,
with full power of substitution and revocation, my true and lawful
attorney for me and in my name to prepare, execute and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission reports of my beneficial ownership
of shares of common stock of Norstan, Inc., giving my said attorney
full power and authority to do everything whatsoever necessary to be
done in the premises as fully as I could do if personally present,
and hereby ratify and confirm all that my said attorney or his
substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of
September, 2004.




/s/ Frank P. Russomanno
Frank P. Russomanno


Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 15th day of September, 2004.



/s/ Ruth E. Porter
Notary Public

Ruth E. Porter
Notary Public Minnesota
My Commission Expires 1-31-2005