As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

12/21/07  Chung Daniel C                    5          Officer     2:34K  Castle Convertible Fund Inc.      Toppan Merrill/FA

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 5           Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial           HTML      5K 
                Ownership of Securities by an Insider --                         
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 2: EX-24       Power of Attorney                                   HTML     23K 

Exhibit 24

 

THE ALGER FUNDS

THE ALGER AMERICAN FUND

THE ALGER INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

SPECTRA FUND

CASTLE CONVERTIBLE FUND, INC.

THE CHINA-U.S. GROWTH FUND

 

Power of Attorney

 

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Hal Liebes, Lisa A. Moss and Barry J. Mullen, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments to the above-referenced Funds’ Registration Statements on Form N-1A or N-2, as applicable, (including post-effective amendments and amendments thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

 

/s/ Daniel C. Chung		President (Principal	December 12, 2006
Daniel C. Chung		Executive Officer)
/s/ Frederick A. Blum		Treasurer (Chief Financial	December 12, 2006
Frederick A. Blum		and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Hilary M. Alger		Board Member	December 12, 2006
Hilary M. Alger
/s/ Stephen E. O’Neil		Board Member	December 12, 2006
Stephen E. O’Neil
/s/ Charles F. Baird, Jr.		Board Member	December 12, 2006
Charles F. Baird, Jr.
/s/ Roger P. Cheever		Board Member	December 12, 2006
Roger P. Cheever
/s/ Lester L. Colbert, Jr.		Board Member	December 12, 2006
Lester L. Colbert, Jr.
/s/ Nathan E. Saint-Amand, M.D.		Board Member	December 12, 2006
Nathan E. Saint –Amand, M.D.

 

 

THE ALGER FUNDS

THE ALGER AMERICAN FUND

THE ALGER INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS

THE SPECTRA FUNDS

CASTLE CONVERTIBLE FUND, INC.

THE CHINA-U.S. GROWTH FUND

 

Power of Attorney

 

The person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Hal Liebes, Lisa A. Moss and Barry J. Mullen, and each of them, with full power to act without the other, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in writing) to sign any and all amendments to the above-referenced Funds’ Registration Statements on Form N-1A or N-2, as applicable, (including post-effective amendments and amendments thereto), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or their or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

 

/s/ David Rosenberg		Board Member	March 21, 2007
David Rosenberg