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                      APPLIED INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                         For Executing Forms 3, 4 and 5

     KNOW ALL MEN by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints  each of Fred D. Bauer,  Jeffrey J.  Margulies,  Dianne P.  Misenko and
David A. Zagore, signing singly, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     1.   execute  for and on behalf of the  undersigned,  in the  undersigned's
          capacity as an officer and/or director of Applied, Forms 3, 4 or 5 and
          in  accordance  with Section 16(a) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of
          1934 and the rules thereunder;

     2.   do and perform  any and all acts for and on behalf of the  undersigned
          which may be necessary  or desirable to complete the  execution of any
          such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely  file such form with the United  States
          Securities  and Exchange  Commission and any stock exchange or similar
          authority; and

     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.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such  attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and things  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 the foregoing  attorneys-in-fact,  in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming nor
is Applied assuming,  any of the undersigned's  responsibilities  to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     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 Applied,
unless earlier revoked by the  undersigned in a signed writing  delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 1st day of December 2003.



                                /s/ Maryann R. Correnti
                                --------------------------------------------
                                MARYANN R. CORRENTI


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