EXHIBIT 16(b)

                           THE TRAVELERS SERIES TRUST

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That I, Frances M. Hawk of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, 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/ Frances M. Hawk
                                         A Member of the Board of Trustees
                                         The Travelers Series Trust