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EXHIBIT 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and/or officers of Aetna Inc., hereby severally
constitute and appoint Richard L. Huber, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Alfred P. Quirk, Jr., Vice President, Finance, Alan M. Bennett, Vice President
and Corporate Controller, and Thomas J. Calvocoressi, Vice President and
General Counsel, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and
each of them to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated
below, (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all amendments to said
Registration Statement (including post effective amendments), in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for
issuance and sale, in one or more series, of debt or similar obligations of
Aetna Services, Inc. (including depository receipts evidencing interests
therein) (the "Debt Securities") and of beneficial interest in business trusts
(the "Trust Securities", such trusts currently expected to be named Aetna
Capital Trust I, Aetna Capital Trust II, Aetna Capital Trust III, and Aetna
Capital Trust IV), to be formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, such
Debt Securities and Trust Securities being guaranteed to the extent set forth
in the Registration Statement by Aetna Inc. and/or Aetna Services, Inc., and
(ii) a Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto, relating to
the offering covered hereby filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act, and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as each of them might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or
substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
WITNESS our hands on this 24th day of April 1998.
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Richard L. Huber, Chairman, Chief Gerald Greenwald, Director
Executive Officer, President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer and
Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Leonard Abramson /s/ Ellen M. Hancock
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Leonard Abramson, Director Ellen M. Hancock, Director
/s/ Betsy Z. Cohen /s/ Michael H. Jordan
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Betsy Z. Cohen, Director Michael H. Jordan, Director
/s/ Jack D. Kuehler
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William H. Donaldson, Director Jack D. Kuehler, Director
/s/ Barbara H. Franklin /s/ Frank R. O'Keefe, Jr.
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Barbara Hackman Franklin, Director Frank R. O'Keefe, Jr., Director
/s/ Jerome S. Goodman
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Jerome S. Goodman, Director Judith Rodin, Director
/s/ Earl G. Graves /s/ Alan M. Bennett
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Earl G. Graves, Director Alan M. Bennett, Vice President
and Corporate Controller
(Controller and Principal
Accounting Officer)
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EXHIBIT 24.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned directors and/or officers of Aetna Inc., hereby severally
constitute and appoint Richard L. Huber, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Alfred P. Quirk, Jr., Vice President, Finance, Alan M. Bennett, Vice President
and Corporate Controller, and Thomas J. Calvocoressi, Vice President and
General Counsel, and each of them individually, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and
each of them to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated
below, (i) the Registration Statement on Form S-3 to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and any and all amendments to said
Registration Statement (including post effective amendments), in connection
with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for
issuance and sale, in one or more series, of debt or similar obligations of
Aetna Services, Inc. (including depository receipts evidencing interests
therein) (the "Debt Securities") and of beneficial interest in business trusts
(the "Trust Securities", such trusts currently expected to be named Aetna
Capital Trust I, Aetna Capital Trust II, Aetna Capital Trust III, and Aetna
Capital Trust IV), to be formed under the laws of the State of Delaware, such
Debt Securities and Trust Securities being guaranteed to the extent set forth
in the Registration Statement by Aetna Inc. and/or Aetna Services, Inc., and
(ii) a Registration Statement, and any and all amendments thereto, relating to
the offering covered hereby filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities
Act, and to file or cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as each of them might or could do in person, and hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys, and each of them, or their substitute or
substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
WITNESS our hands on this 16th day of June 1998.
/s/ Richard Huber
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Richard L. Huber, Chairman, Chief Gerald Greenwald, Director
Executive Officer, President and Director
(Principal Executive Officer and
Principal Financial Officer)
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Leonard Abramson, Director Ellen M. Hancock, Director
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Betsy Z. Cohen, Director Michael H. Jordan, Director
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William H. Donaldson, Director Jack D. Kuehler, Director
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Barbara Hackman Franklin, Director Frank R. O'Keefe, Jr., Director
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Jerome S. Goodman, Director Judith Rodin, Director
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Earl G. Graves, Director Alan M. Bennett, Vice President
and Corporate Controller
(Controller and Principal
Accounting Officer)