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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned Directors of Aetna Inc. (the "Company"), hereby severally
constitute and appoint Michele G. Kostin, Counsel, and Judith H. Jones, counsel,
and each of them individually, with full powers of substitution and
resubstitution, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and each
of them to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below,
Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and any and all amendments to said Registration Statements
(including post-effective amendments), in connection with the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended of up to 5,000,000 Common Shares of the
Company under the Aetna Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, and to file or cause to be
filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each of
them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by virtue
of this Power of Attorney.
WITNESS our hands on this 13th day of December, 2000
/s/ Betsy Z. Cohen /s/ Gerald Greenwald
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Betsy Z. Cohen, Director Gerald Greenwald, Director
/s/ Barbara Hackman Franklin /s/ Ellen M. Hancock
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Barbara Hackman Franklin, Director Ellen M. Hancock, Director
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Jeffrey E. Garten, Director Michael H. Jordan, Director
/s/ Jerome S. Goodman /s/ Jack D. Kuehler,
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Jerome S. Goodman, Director Jack D. Kuehler, Director
/s/ Earl G. Graves /s/ Judith Rodin
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Earl G. Graves, Director Judith Rodin, Director
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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned Executive Officers of Aetna Inc. (the "Company"), hereby
severally constitute and appoint Michele G. Kostin, Counsel, and Judith H.
Jones, Counsel, and each of them individually, with full powers of substitution
and resubstitution, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power to them and
each of them to sign for us, in our names and in the capacities indicated below,
Registration Statements on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, and any and all amendments to said Registration Statements
(including post-effective amendments), in connection with the registration under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of up to 5,000,000 shares of Common
Stock of the Company under the Aetna Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, and to file or
cause to be filed the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorneys, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of them might or could
do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys, and each
of them, or their substitute or substitutes, shall do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney.
WITNESS our hands on this 18th day of December, 2000
/s/ Alan M. Bennett /s/ John W. Rowe
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Alan M. Bennett John W. Rowe
/s/ William H . Donaldson /s/ Alan J. Weber
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William H. Donaldson Alan J. Weber
