EXHIBIT 7

                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


      WHEREAS,  American General Life Insurance  Company, a Texas company (and
its successors, if applicable) ("Company"),  intends from time to time to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission  ("Commission"),  one or more Form
S-6 Registration Statement(s) under the Securities Act of 1933 and one or more
Form N-8B-2  Registration  Statement(s)  under the  Investment  Company Act of
1940, on behalf of the Company and the Separate Account(s) maintained or to be
maintained by the Company, with such amendments thereto as may be necessary or
appropriate,  together with any and all exhibits and other  documents  related
thereto;

      NOW,  THEREFORE,  the  undersigned  individual,  in  his  capacity  as a
director or officer of the Company,  hereby  appoints  Thomas B.  Phillips and
Steven A. Glover, and each of them, either of whom may act without the joinder
of the  other,  his true and  lawful  attorney-in-fact  and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution,  to execute in his name, place, and stead, in
his  capacity  as a director  or  officer or both,  as the case may be, of the
Company, any and all Form S-6 and Form N-8B-2 Registration  Statements and all
amendments  thereto;  and any related  Form N-8A notices of  registration  and
applications   for   exemptions   or   amendments   thereto,   as  each   said
attorney-in-fact  shall  deem  necessary  or  appropriate,  together  with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection  therewith,  and to file the
same or cause  the  same to be filed  with  the  Commission.  The  above-named
attorneys-in-fact  shall each have full power and  authority to do and perform
in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every
act whatsoever  necessary or desirable in connection with any and all Form S-6
and Form N-8B-2 Registration  Statements,  and any and all amendments thereto,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person,  the  undersigned  hereby  ratifying and approving the acts of each
said attorney-in-fact.

      EXECUTED this 10th day of NOVEMBER, 1997.


 /s/ROYCE G. IMHOFF, II
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 Royce G. Imhoff, II



                           LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY


      WHEREAS,  American General Life Insurance  Company, a Texas company (and
its successors, if applicable) ("Company"),  intends from time to time to file
with the Securities and Exchange Commission  ("Commission"),  one or more Form
S-6 Registration Statement(s) under the Securities Act of 1933 and one or more
Form N-8B-2  Registration  Statement(s)  under the  Investment  Company Act of
1940, on behalf of the Company and the Separate Account(s) maintained or to be
maintained by the Company, with such amendments thereto as may be necessary or
appropriate,  together with any and all exhibits and other  documents  related
thereto;

      NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned individuals,  in his capacity as
a director or officer of the Company,  hereby  appoints Thomas B. Phillips and
Steven A. Glover, and each of them, either of whom may act without the joinder
of the  other,  his true and  lawful  attorney-in-fact  and with full power of
substitution and resubstitution,  to execute in his name, place, and stead, in
his  capacity  as a director  or  officer or both,  as the case may be, of the
Company, any and all Form S-6 and Form N-8B-2 Registration  Statements and all
amendments  thereto;  and any related  Form N-8A notices of  registration  and
applications   for   exemptions   or   amendments   thereto,   as  each   said
attorney-in-fact  shall  deem  necessary  or  appropriate,  together  with all
instruments necessary or incidental in connection  therewith,  and to file the
same or cause  the  same to be filed  with  the  Commission.  The  above-named
attorneys-in-fact  shall each have full power and  authority to do and perform
in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in any and all capacities, every
act whatsoever  necessary or desirable in connection with any and all Form S-6
and Form N-8B-2 Registration  Statements,  and any and all amendments thereto,
as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
in person,  the  undersigned  hereby  ratifying and approving the acts of each
said attorney-in-fact.

      EXECUTED this 3rd day of DECEMBER, 1997.


                                                  /s/JOHN V. LAGRASSE
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 (Robert M. Devlin)                               (John V. LaGrasse)


 (Not a Director as of the execution date.)       /s/RODNEY O. MARTIN, JR.
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 (Michael G. Atnip)                               Rodney O. Martin, Jr.)


 /s/JAMES D. D'AGOSTINO, JR.                      /s/JON P. NEWTON
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 (James S. D' Agostino, Jr.)                      (Jon P. Newton)


 /s/DAVID A. FRAVEL                               /s/PHILIP K. POLKINGHORN
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 (David A. Fravel)                                (Philip K. Polkinghorn)


 /s/ROBERT F. HERBERT, JR.                        /s/PETER V. TUTERS
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 (Robert F. Herbert, Jr.)                         (Peter V. Tuters)