EXHIBIT 4


                                  CERTIFICATE


      I, Otto B Gerlach III, Assistant Secretary of American General Finance

Corporation, an Indiana corporation (the "Company"), do hereby certify that

attached hereto is a true copy of resolutions duly adopted by a duly

authorized and appointed committee of the Board of Directors of the Company by

unanimous Written Consent dated April 6, 1994 and such resolutions have not

been amended, modified or rescinded and remain in full force and effect.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name.



Dated:  April 13, 1994




                                                /S/ OTTO B GERLACH III
                                                Otto B Gerlach III
                                                Assistant Secretary





























                          RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE
                        TERMS AND PRICING COMMITTEE OF 
                           THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
                     AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCE CORPORATION

                                 April 6, 1994


RESOLUTIONS REGARDING INCREASE IN MEDIUM-TERM NOTE PROGRAM


      WHEREAS, by resolutions adopted at the meeting of this Committee held on
November 10, 1992,  this Committee  authorized and approved  the creation  and
execution by the  Company of  a series of  debt securities titled  Medium-Term
Notes, Series C (the "Notes"); and  this Committee resolved that the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes authorized to be authenticated and delivered was
$500,000,000 (such  resolutions being  referred to  hereinafter as  the "Prior
Resolutions"); and

      WHEREAS, this Committee deems it desirable  and in the best interests of
the Company to increase the aggregate principal amount of the Notes authorized
to be authenticated and delivered;

1.    Increase in Authorized Amount of Notes.

      NOW, THEREFORE,  BE IT RESOLVED,  that this Committee  hereby authorizes
and approves  an  increase in  the  aggregate principal  amount of  the  Notes
authorized  to be authenticated and  delivered to a  total aggregate principal
amount of $550,000,000; and be it

2.    Authentication and Delivery of Notes.

      FURTHER  RESOLVED, that the Authorized Officers for the Notes hereby are
authorized (a) to cause the trustee for the Notes to complete and authenticate
Notes in such total increased  aggregate principal amount, and (b)  to deliver
such  authenticated Notes, all in  accordance with the  Prior Resolutions, the
Company Orders and the Administrative Procedures relating thereto; and be it

3.    Applicability of Prior Resolutions.

      FURTHER  RESOLVED, that  the  Prior Resolutions,  except  to the  extent
modified  or superseded  hereby, shall  apply in  all respects  to such  total
increased aggregate principal amount of Notes; and be it 

4.    Further Miscellaneous Authority.

      FURTHER RESOLVED, that the  appropriate officers of the Company  be, and
each of them hereby is,  authorized to do and perform all such acts or things,
and  to execute, deliver and file such  documents or instruments, as each such
officer may  deem necessary  or appropriate  in order to  carry out  fully the
purposes and intent of the foregoing resolutions.