POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW
ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS EACH
OF RICHARD COVEL AND DAVID KELEHER, SIGNING SINGLY, THE UNDERSIGNED'S TRUE AND
LAWFUL ATTORNEY-IN-FACT TO: 

(1)  execute
for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an
officer or director of Dynamics Research Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3,
4, and 5 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 and execute 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, whether in paper format or
electronically; 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 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 the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in
serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are 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. 

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 the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact. 

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 14th day of April, 2003 

	/s/ William C. Hoover

	Signature

	WITNESS:

	/s/ Janet Melendy

	Signature

DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORP 4