EXHIBIT 16

                             SCUDDER PATHWAY SERIES
                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registration
Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities
and on the dates indicated. By so signing, the undersigned in his capacity as
trustee or officer, or both, as the case may be, of the Registrant, does
hereby appoint Sheldon A. Jones, Allison R. Beakley, Caroline Pearson and
John Millette and each of them, severally, his/her true and lawful attorney
and agent to execute in his/her name, place and stead (in such capacity) any
and all amendments to the Registration Statement and any post-effective
amendments thereto and all instruments necessary or desirable in connection
therewith, to attest the seal of the Registrant thereon and to file the same
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Each of said attorneys and
agents shall have power to act with or without the other and 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 advisable to be
done in the premises as fully and to all intents and the purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and approving the
act of said attorneys and agents and each of them.



                SIGNATURE                            TITLE                        DATE
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- -----------------------------------                President                 February 8, 2000
Kathryn L. Quirk

/s/ Dr. Rosita Chang                                                         February 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------                 Trustee
Dr. Rosita Chang

/s/ Edgar R. Fiedler                                                         February 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------                 Trustee
Edgar R. Fiedler

/s/ Peter B. Freeman                                                         February 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------                 Trustee
Peter B. Freeman

/s/ J.D. Hammond                                                             February 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------                 Trustee
J.D. Hammond

/s/ Richard M. Hunt                                                          February 8, 2000
- -----------------------------------                 Trustee
Richard M. Hunt


- -----------------------------------       Treasurer (Principal Financial     February 8, 2000
John R. Hebble                               and Accounting Officer)



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