1 EXHIBIT 24 POWER OF ATTORNEY The Undersigned, a Director of General Re Corporation, a Delaware Corporation (the "Corporation"), Hereby Designates each of Charles F. Barr and Robert D. Graham as his attorney in fact to execute on his behalf, as a Director of the Corporation, The Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. -------------------------------------- Original powers of attorney in this form signed by each of the following: LUCY WILSON BENSON WALTER M. CABOT WILLIAM C. FERGUSON DONALD J. KIRK KAY KOPLOVITZ EDWARD H. MALONE ANDREW W. MATHIESON DAVID E. MCKINNEY STEPHEN A. ROSS WALTER F. WILLIAMS Dated: February 14, 1996