EXHIBIT 24.1


                          CONSENT AND POWER OF ATTORNEY



KNOW BY ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS:

Each of the undersigned directors of Varian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Allen J. Lauer and Arthur W. Homan
and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power
of substitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in his
or her capacity as a director, to execute a Registration Statement or
Registration Statements on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, relating to 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock that are issuable under
the Varian, Inc. Omnibus Stock Plan (the "Plan") and any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to such Registration Statements, and to
file such Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, with
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or
desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes, as he or she might or could do in person, and ratify and confirm all
that such attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof, and hereby consents to such registration of the Shares
and the issuance thereof pursuant to the terms of the Plan.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of February, 2002.




       /s/ Richard U. De Schutter
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       Richard U. De Schutter



       /s/ John G. McDonald
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       John G. McDonald



       /s/ Wayne R. Moon
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       Wayne R. Moon



       /s/ Elizabeth E. Tallett
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       Elizabeth E. Tallett