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 Douglas W.
Jamison or Daniel B. Wolfe 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 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 21st day of
July, 2009.
/s/ Douglas W.
Jamison
Douglas
W. Jamison
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
/s/ W. Dillaway
Ayres
W.
Dillaway Ayres
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/ Lori D.
Pressman
Lori D.
Pressman
Director
/s/ Charles E.
Ramsey
Charles
E. Ramsey
Director
/s/ James E.
Roberts
James E.
Roberts
Director
/s/ Richard P.
Shanley
Richard
P. Shanley
Director
/s/ Daniel P.
Wolfe
Daniel B.
Wolfe
President,
Chief Operating Officer
and Chief
Financial Officer
/s/ Patricia N.
Egan
Patricia
N. Egan
Senior
Controller, Chief Accounting Officer,
and Vice
President