EXHIBIT 16(c)

                           THE TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, Lewis Mandell of Amherst, New York, a member of the Board of Trustees of
The Travelers Series Trust, do hereby make, constitute and appoint, KATHLEEN A.
McGAH, Secretary of said Trust, and ERNEST J. WRIGHT, Assistant Secretary of
said Trust, either one of them acting alone, my true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, for me, and in my name, place and stead, to sign registration
statements on behalf of said Trust on Form N-1A or other applicable form under
the Securities Act of 1933 for the registration of shares of beneficial interest
of The Travelers Series Trust and to sign any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments thereto that may be filed.

            IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of
November, 2004.

                                          /s/ Lewis Mandell
                                          A Member of the Board of Trustees
                                          The Travelers Series Trust