Power of Attorney

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Peter S.
Brown, Paul J. Reilly, Ira M. Birns, and Lori
McGregor, signing singly, the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney in fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as a director of
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (the Company), Forms 3,
4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on
behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment
or amendments thereto, and timely file such form
with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar
authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney in fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact
may approve in such attorney in fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney
in fact full power and authority to do and perform
any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or
such attorney in fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
16 day of July, 2003.


	/s/
	Signature

	Stephen C. Patrick
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