EX-24 5 0005.txt EXHIBIT 24 EXHIBIT 24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY PROVIDENT BANKSHARES CORPORATION POWER OF ATTORNEY Each of the undersigned persons, in his or her capacity as an officer or director, or both, of Provident Bankshares Corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints Peter M. Martin, Dennis A. Starliper, and R. Wayne Hall, and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and with full power in each to act without the others, his or her attorney-in-fact and agent for the following purposes: 1. To sign for him or her, in his or her name and in his or her capacity as an officer or director, or both, of the Company, an Annual Report on Form 10- K for the Company pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any amendments, thereto (such report, together with all exhibits and documents therein and all such amendments, the "Form 10-K"). 2. To file or cause to be filed the Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission; 3. To take all such other action as any such attorney-in-fact, or his substitute, may deem necessary or desirable in connection with Form 10-K. This power of attorney shall continue in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a writing filed with the Secretary of the Company. /s/ Peter M. Martin December 20, 2000 --------------------------------- Peter M. Martin /s/ Dennis A. Starliper December 20, 2000 --------------------------------- Dennis A. Starliper /s/ R. Wayne Hall December 20, 2000 --------------------------------- R. Wayne Hall /s/ Melvin A. Bilal December 20, 2000 --------------------------------- Melvin A. Bilal /s/ Thomas S. Bozzuto December 20, 2000 --------------------------------- Thomas S. Bozzuto /s/ Calvin W. Burnett December 20, 2000 --------------------------------- Dr. Calvin W. Burnett /s/ Ward B. Coe, III December 20, 2000 ------------------------------- Ward B. Coe, III /s/ Charles W. Cole December 20, 2000 ------------------------------- Charles W. Cole /s/ Pierce B. Dunn December 20, 2000 ------------------------------- Pierce B. Dunn /s/ Enos K. Fry December 20, 2000 ------------------------------- Enos K. Fry /s/ Herbert W. Jorgensen December 20, 2000 ------------------------------- Herbert W. Jorgensen /s/ Mark K. Joseph December 20, 2000 ------------------------------- Mark K. Joseph /s/ Barbara B. Lucas December 20, 2000 ------------------------------- Barbara B. Lucas /s/ Frederick W. Meier, Jr. December 20, 2000 ------------------------------- Frederick W. Meier, Jr. /s/ Francis G. Riggs December 20, 2000 --------------------------- Francis G. Riggs /s/ Sheila K. Riggs December 20, 2000 --------------------------- Sheila K. Riggs /s/ Carl W. Stearn December 20, 2000 --------------------------- Carl W. Stearn