POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc., a New York
corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (i) a registration statement on Form S-3 with respect
to the issuance and sale of up to $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company and (ii) a post-effective amendment to registration
statement No. 33-53234 on Form S-3 with respect to the issuance and sale of up
to $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Marie C.
Johns, Edwin F. Hall and Neil D. Olson as attorney for the undersigned for the
purpose of executing and filing such registration statement and post-effective
amendment and any amendment or amendments thereto or other necessary documents,
hereby giving to each said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this day of 30 day of September, 1998.
/s/ Barbara L. Connor
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Barbara L. Connor
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc., a New York
corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (i) a registration statement on Form S-3 with respect
to the issuance and sale of up to $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company and (ii) a post-effective amendment to registration
statement No. 33-53234 on Form S-3 with respect to the issuance and sale of up
to $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Marie C.
Johns, Edwin F. Hall and Neil D. Olson as attorney for the undersigned for the
purpose of executing and filing such registration statement and post-effective
amendment and any amendment or amendments thereto or other necessary documents,
hereby giving to each said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this day of 30 day of September, 1998.
/s/ Diane B. Gongaware
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Diane B. Gongaware
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc., a New York
corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (i) a registration statement on Form S-3 with respect
to the issuance and sale of up to $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company and (ii) a post-effective amendment to registration
statement No. 33-53234 on Form S-3 with respect to the issuance and sale of up
to $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Marie C.
Johns, Edwin F. Hall and Neil D. Olson as attorney for the undersigned for the
purpose of executing and filing such registration statement and post-effective
amendment and any amendment or amendments thereto or other necessary documents,
hereby giving to each said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 30 day of September, 1998.
/s/ Glenn N. Jones
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Glenn N. Jones
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc., a New York
corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (i) a registration statement on Form S-3 with respect
to the issuance and sale of up to $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company and (ii) a post-effective amendment to registration
statement No. 33-53234 on Form S-3 with respect to the issuance and sale of up
to $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Marie C.
Johns, Edwin F. Hall and Neil D. Olson as attorney for the undersigned for the
purpose of executing and filing such registration statement and post-effective
amendment and any amendment or amendments thereto or other necessary documents,
hereby giving to each said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this day of 30 day of September, 1998.
/s/ Phoebe B. Dixon
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Phoebe B. Dixon
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc., a New York
corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (i) a registration statement on Form S-3 with respect
to the issuance and sale of up to $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company and (ii) a post-effective amendment to registration
statement No. 33-53234 on Form S-3 with respect to the issuance and sale of up
to $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Marie C.
Johns, Edwin F. Hall and Neil D. Olson as attorney for the undersigned for the
purpose of executing and filing such registration statement and post-effective
amendment and any amendment or amendments thereto or other necessary documents,
hereby giving to each said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 30 day of September, 1998.
/s/ John M. Walker
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John M. Walker
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc., a New York
corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (i) a registration statement on Form S-3 with respect
to the issuance and sale of up to $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company and (ii) a post-effective amendment to registration
statement No. 33-53234 on Form S-3 with respect to the issuance and sale of up
to $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Edwin F.
Hall and Neil D. Olson as attorney for the undersigned for the purpose of
executing and filing such registration statement and post-effective amendment
and any amendment or amendments thereto or other necessary documents, hereby
giving to each said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this day of 30 day of September, 1998.
/s/ Marie C. Johns
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Marie C. Johns
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc., a New York
corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (i) a registration statement on Form S-3 with respect
to the issuance and sale of up to $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company and (ii) a post-effective amendment to registration
statement No. 33-53234 on Form S-3 with respect to the issuance and sale of up
to $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Marie C.
Johns, Edwin F. Hall and Neil D. Olson as attorney for the undersigned for the
purpose of executing and filing such registration statement and post-effective
amendment and any amendment or amendments thereto or other necessary documents,
hereby giving to each said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 30 day of September, 1998.
/s/ Mark J. Mathis
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Mark J. Mathis
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc., a New York
corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (i) a registration statement on Form S-3 with respect
to the issuance and sale of up to $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company and (ii) a post-effective amendment to registration
statement No. 33-53234 on Form S-3 with respect to the issuance and sale of up
to $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Marie C.
Johns and Edwin F. Hall as attorney for the undersigned for the purpose of
executing and filing such registration statement and post-effective amendment
and any amendment or amendments thereto or other necessary documents, hereby
giving to each said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 30 day of September, 1998.
/s/ Neil D. Olson
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Neil D. Olson
POWER OF ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, Bell Atlantic - Washington, D.C., Inc., a New York
corporation (hereinafter referred to as the "Company"), proposes to file with
the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, (i) a registration statement on Form S-3 with respect
to the issuance and sale of up to $40,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt
securities of the Company and (ii) a post-effective amendment to registration
statement No. 33-53234 on Form S-3 with respect to the issuance and sale of up
to $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of debt securities of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints each of Marie C.
Johns and Neil D. Olson as attorney for the undersigned for the purpose of
executing and filing such registration statement and post-effective amendment
and any amendment or amendments thereto or other necessary documents, hereby
giving to each said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present, and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 30 day of September, 1998.
/s/ Edwin F. Hall
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Edwin F. Hall