Exhibit 24.1

 

POWERS OF ATTORNEY

 

Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints J. Williar Dunlaevy and Stephen M. Conley as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign any or all amendments to the Form H-(e)1-S, Application for Holding Company, by Legacy Bancorp, Inc., and the Interagency Bank Merger Act Application, by Legacy Bancorp, Inc., and the Registration Statement on Form S-1 and any and all amendments thereto and any additional registration statements relating thereto pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by Legacy Bancorp, Inc. and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Office of Thrift Supervision (the “OTS”) or the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (“FDIC”), respectively, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all intents and purposes as they might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Part 563b of the OTS Rules and Regulations and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the foregoing Powers of Attorney prepared in conjunction with the Applications and the Registration Statement on Form S-1 have been duly signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Name


  

Title


 

Date


/s/    J. WILLIAR DUNLAEVY        


J. Williar Dunlaevy

   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
  July 6, 2005

/s/    MICHAEL A. CHRISTOPHER        


Michael A. Christopher

  

Chief Operating Officer, President and Director

  July 6, 2005

/s/    STEPHEN M. CONLEY        


Stephen M. Conley

   Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
(principal accounting and financial officer)
  July 6, 2005

/s/    EUGENE A. DELLEA        


Eugene A. Dellea

  

Director

  July 6, 2005

/s/    DAVID L. KLAUSMEYER        


David L. Klausmeyer

  

Director

  July 6, 2005

/s/    GARY A. LOPENZIA        


Gary A. Lopenzina

  

Director

  July 6, 2005

/s/    JAMES J. MOONEY        


James J. Mooney

  

Director

  July 6, 2005

/s/    ANNE W. PASKO        


Anne W. Pasko

  

Director

  July 6, 2005

/s/    ROBERT B. TRASK        


Robert B. Trask

  

Director

  July 6, 2005

/s/    DOROTHY B. WINSOR        


Dorothy B. Winsor

  

Director

  July 6, 2005