The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (GT) S-4 Registration of securities issued in business combination transactions

Exhibit 24.1

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
RELATED TO
OFFER TO EXCHANGE
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK PLUS A CASH PAYMENT
FOR
ANY AND ALL OF ITS OUTSTANDING
4.00% CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES DUE JUNE 15, 2034

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned officers and directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an Ohio corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints W. MARK SCHMITZ, C. THOMAS HARVIE, THOMAS A. CONNELL and DARREN R. WELLS, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act without the others, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign one or more Registration Statements on Form S-4 or other appropriate form and any and all amendments to any such Registration Statements (including post-effective amendments), to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in connection with the offer under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to exchange shares of the Company’s common stock and a cash payment for any and all of the Company’s outstanding 4.00% Convertible Senior Notes due June 15, 2034, with power in each case where appropriate to affix thereto the corporate seal of the Company and to attest said seal, and to file such Registration Statements, including in each case a form of prospectus, and any and all amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statements, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and necessary 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, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her name as of the 1st day of October 2007.

Signature	Title
/s/ Robert J. KeeganRobert J. Keegan	Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President
/s/ W. Mark SchmitzW. Mark Schmitz	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
/s/ Thomas A. ConnellThomas A. Connell	Vice President and Controller
/s/ James C. BolandJames C. Boland	Director
/s/ John G. BreenJohn G. Breen	Director
/s/ William J. Hudson, Jr.William J. Hudson, Jr.	Director
/s/ W. Alan McColloughW. Alan McCollough	Director
/s/ Steven A. MinterSteven A. Minter	Director
/s/ Denise M. MorrisonDenise M. Morrison	Director
/s/ Rodney O’NealRodney O’Neal	Director
/s/ Shirley D. PetersonShirley D. Peterson	Director
/s/ G. Craig SullivanG. Craig Sullivan	Director
/s/ Thomas H. WeidemeyerThomas H. Weidemeyer	Director
/s/ Michael R. WesselMichael R. Wessel	Director