SCHEDULE 14A

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                            SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

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                     TIAA - CREF Institutional Mutual Funds
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1.   To elect Trustees to serve until their successors are elected and
     qualified.

     For All _____     Withhold All _____     For All Except ___________________

2.   To ratify the selection by the Board of Trustees of PricewaterhouseCoopers
     LLP to serve as the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm
     for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.

     For _____         Against _____     Abstain  _____

3.   To approve a new investment management agreement between the Funds and
     Teachers Advisors, Inc.

     Actively Managed Funds*:    For ____        Against ____      Abstain _____
     Index Funds*:               For ____        Against ____      Abstain _____

         * For purposes of the instructions granted in this proxy card, the
         terms "Actively Managed Funds" and "Index Funds" have the same meaning
         as on page 2 of the Funds' Proxy Statement, dated 5, 2005.

4.   To address any other business that may properly come before the meeting or
     any adjournments thereof.

     For ____          Against ____     Abstain  ____


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