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                                   EXHIBIT D
 
                       THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors of THE
GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Ohio (the "Company"), hereby constitute and appoint ROBERT
W. TIEKEN, JOHN M. ROSS, GEORGE E. STRICKLER and JAMES BOYAZIS, and each of
them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each one of them with
full power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned directors to the
Company's Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K
for its fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and to any and all amendments,
supplements and exhibits thereto and any other instruments filed in connection
therewith; provided, however, that said attorneys-in-fact shall not sign the
name of any director unless and until the Annual Report shall have been duly
executed by the officers of the Company then serving as the chief executive
officer of the Company, the principal financial officer of the Company and the
principal accounting officer of the Company; and each of the undersigned hereby
ratifies and confirms all that the said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one
of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have subscribed these presents this 8th
day of February, 1995.
 
/s/ John G. Breen                       /s/ Charles W. Parry              
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  John G. Breen, Director                 Charles W. Parry, Director      
                                                                          
                                                                          
/s/ Thomas H. Cruikshank                /s/ Agnar Pytte                   
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  Thomas H. Cruikshank, Director          Agnar Pytte, Director           
                                                                          
                                                                          
/s/ Gertrude G. Michelson               /s/ George H. Schofield           
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  Gertrude G. Michelson, Director         George H. Schofield, Director   
                                                                          
                                                                          
/s/ Steven A. Minter                    /s/ William C. Turner             
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  Steven A. Minter, Director              William C. Turner, Director     

                                      
                              /s/ Hoyt M. Wells
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                           Hoyt M. Wells, Director
 
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