Mitchell E. Harris Form 3 Bank of New York Mellon / Mitchell E. Harris ownership change | SEC 3 Mar 16

                                                           Exhibit 24


                                   POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints Craig T. Beazer, Bennett E. Josselsohn, Richard M. Pearlman and
J. Kevin McCarthy, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact for and in the undersigned's name, place and stead to:
        1.  prepare, execute, and file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"), the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") and The Bank of New
York Mellon Corporation (the "Company"), for and on behalf of the undersigned,
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder, such statements
regarding the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities of the Company
as required by law; and
        2.  prepare, execute and file with the SEC, the NYSE and the Company,
for and on behalf of the undersigned, one or more Notices of Proposed Sale of
Securities on Form 144 relating to the sale of shares of common stock of the
Company; and
        3.  do and perform any and all acts, for and on behalf of the
undersigned,
which may be necessary or desirable for the preparation and timely filing of any
such reports or documents with the SEC, the NYSE and any other authority; and
        4.  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.
        Said attorneys-in-fact and each of them shall have full power and
authority
to do and perform, in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, each and every
act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in connection
with
any of the above as fully as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present,
the undersigned hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and
each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof 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 Exchange Act.   The undersigned agrees that each such attorney-in-fact
herein
may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by the
undersigned
to such attorney-in-fact.
        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file reports 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 executed this Power of Attorney
as of this 24th day of February, 2016.


                                       /s/ Mitchell E. Harris
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                                       Mitchell E. Harris
Mitchell E. Harris Form 3Bank of New York Mellon / Mitchell E. Harris ownership change
