AVNET, INC.



LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS







Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby makes,

constitutes and appoints each of David R. Birk, R. Neil Taylor and Catherine

R. Hardwick, each acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful

attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on

behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:



(1) prepare and execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments

thereto) with respect to the common stock of Avnet, Inc., a New York

corporation (the "Company"), and to file the same with the United States

Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the

Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated

thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act") and the

Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002;

(2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the

undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's common

stock from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan

administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such

person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and

ratifies any such release of information; and

(3) perform any and all other acts (including, but not limited to,

the filing of Form ID to obtain EDGAR Access Codes) which in the discretion

of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the

undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

The undersigned acknowledges that:

(a) any documents prepared and/or executed by any of such attorneys-in-

fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this power of attorney will be

in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such

attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(b) this power of attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such

attorney-in-fact to act in his or her discretion on information provided to

such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(c) neither the Company nor any of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i)

any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the

requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for

any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or

liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of

the Exchange Act; and

(d) this power of attorney does not relieve the undersigned from

responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the

Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing

attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every

act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in

and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the

undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such

attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned shall lawfully do

or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney.

This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until

revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the Corporate

Secretary of the Company.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this power of attorney

to be executed as of this 2nd day of July, 2004.





/s/ Harley Feldberg



Signature









Harley Feldberg



Print Name





STATE OF ARIZONA      )

    :

COUNTY OF MARICOPA)



On the 2nd day of July, 2004, Harley Feldberg personally appeared before me

and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes

therein contained.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.



/s/ Shirley J. Straw



Notary Public







My Commission Expires: Nov. 19, 2005