POWER
OF
ATTORNEY
That
each
of the undersigned Officers and Directors of Harris & Harris Group, Inc., a
New York corporation (the "Company"), do constitute and appoint Charles E.
Harris or Douglas W. Jamison as his true and lawful attorney and agent, with
full power and authority (acting alone and without the other) to execute in
the
name and on behalf of each of the undersigned as such officer or director,
a
Registration Statement on Form N-2, including any pre-effective amendments
and/or any post-effective amendments thereto and any subsequent Registration
Statement of the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933
(the "1933 Act") and any other filings in connection therewith, and to file
the
same under the 1933 Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940, or otherwise,
with respect to the registration of the Company, the registration or offering
of
the Company's shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share; granting to
such
attorney and agent full power of substitution and revocation in the premises;
and ratifying and confirming all that such attorney and agent may do or cause
to
be done by virtue of these presents.
This
Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one
instrument.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
as
of this 3rd
day of
November, 2006.
Charles
E. Harris
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
/s/
W.
Dillaway Ayres, Jr.
W.
Dillaway Ayres, Jr.
Director
/s/
C.
Wayne Bardin
Dr.
C. Wayne Bardin
Director
/s/
Phillip A. Bauman
Dr.
Phillip A. Bauman
Director
/s/
G.
Morgan Browne
G.
Morgan Browne
Director
/s/
Dugald A. Fletcher
Dugald
A.
Fletcher
Director
/s/
Kelly
S. Kirkpatrick
Dr.
Kelly
S. Kirkpatrick
Director
/s/
Mark
A. Parsells
Mark
A.
Parsells
Director
/s/
Lori
D. Pressman
Lori
D.
Pressman
Director
/s/
Charles E. Ramsey
Charles
E. Ramsey
Director
/s/
James
E. Roberts
James
E.
Roberts
Director
Douglas
W. Jamison
President,
Chief Operating Officer
and
Chief
Financial Officer
Patricia
N. Egan
Senior
Controller, Chief Accounting Officer,
and
Vice
President