EXHIBIT INDEX


No.                                Description
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(16)                               Powers of Attorney


                                   EXHIBIT 16

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned consti-
tutes and appoints John T. Hull and Alfred W. Kennon, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments to this Registration Statement on Form N-14 of Variable
Annuity Fund I of Southwestern Life (the "Separate Account") and
Scudder Variable Life Investment Fund ("Scudder"), relating to the
proposed conversion of the Separate Account to a unit investment
trust and the exchange of assets of the Separate Account for shares
of the Capital Growth Portfolio of Scudder, and to file the same
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and their substitutes, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof. 


Signature                  Title                                Date
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/s/ Bill J. Priest         Manager, Variable Annuity            May 8, 1995
- ---------------------      Fund I of Southwestern Life          -----------     
Bill J. Priest


                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned consti-
tutes and appoints John T. Hull and Alfred W. Kennon, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all
amendments to this Registration Statement on Form N-14 of Variable
Annuity Fund I of Southwestern Life (the "Separate Account") and
Scudder Variable Life Investment Fund ("Scudder"), relating to the
proposed conversion of the Separate Account to a unit investment
trust and the exchange of assets of the Separate Account for shares
of the Capital Growth Portfolio of Scudder, and to file the same
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and their substitutes, full
power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-
fact and agents, and their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof. 



Signature                  Title                                Date
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/s/ Lynn Craft             Manager, Variable Annuity            May 8, 1995
- ---------------------      Fund I of Southwestern Life          -----------     
Lynn Craft