POWER OF ATTORNEY



The undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints John E. Bruno, Cynthia M. Clarke and Matthew N.
Shea, and each of them singly as true and lawful attorneys
with full power to them and each of them, to execute, on
behalf of the undersigned,in the capacity listed below, any
and all statements or reports under Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the beneficial
ownership of reportable securities issued by First Financial Fund,
Inc., High Yield Plus Fund, Inc., and Nuveen Diversified
Dividend and Income Fund including, without limitation, all
initial statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all
statements of changes of beneficial ownership on
Form 4 and all annual statements of beneficial
ownership on Form 5, and any and all other
documents that may be required, from time to time, to
be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and any exchange upon which such Fund's are listed,
to execute any and all amendments or supplements to
any such statements or forms, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and any exchange upon which
such Fund's are listed, granting to said attorney, full
power and authority to do so 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 the undersigned might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
set her hand on this 2nd day of January 2007.




Signature:  /s/ Jean M. Hynes
Name:	      Jean M. Hynes
Title: 	      Partner