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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000313616-25-000108
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250430
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250501
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250501

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Riley Christopher Paul
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0002000111
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08089
		FILM NUMBER:		25904196

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800 W
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20037

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DANAHER CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000313616
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL [3823]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		EIN:				591995548
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800W
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20037-1701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2028280850

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE. N.W.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 800W
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20037-1701

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DMG INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19850221
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        <footnote id="F1">Date shown is grant date.  Twenty percent of the options became or become exercisable on each of the first five anniversaries of the grant date.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="ibb25699506204653b7e5ed24f7423ae0_34"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Exhibit 24</font></div></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints James F. O&#8217;Reilly and Zohaib Khalid, signing singly, each as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to&#58; </font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(1)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned&#8217;s capacity as an officer and&#47;or director of Danaher Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder&#59; </font></div><div style="padding-left:31.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(2)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority&#59; and </font></div><div style="padding-left:31.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:31.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">(3)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. </font></div><div style="text-indent:22.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that each foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each foregoing attorney-in-fact. </font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 11 day of March, 2025. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:211.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Courier New',monospace;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:115%">By&#58; &#47;s&#47;Christopher Riley</font></div><div style="padding-left:225pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:225pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Courier New',monospace;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Name&#58; Christopher Riley</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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