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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being a
director or officer of General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the
"Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr., Philip D.
Ameen, and Robert E. Healing, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all
capacities, to sign one or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, on Form S-4 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact,
or any of them, may deem necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all
post-effective amendments and supplements to such registration statement,
including amendments filed on Form S-8, for the registration of shares of
Company common stock to be offered and sold in connection with the acquisition
by the Company of Lunar Corporation, in such forms as they or any one of them
may approve, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary
to be done to the end that such Registration Statement or Registration
Statements shall comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the
applicable Rules and Regulations adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully
and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of
them or their substitute or resubstitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has hereunto set his or her hand
this 23rd day of June, 2000.
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/s/ JOHN F. WELCH, JR. /s/ KEITH S. SHERIN
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John F. Welch, Jr. Keith S. Sherin
Chairman of the Board Senior Vice President-Finance
(Principal Executive Officer andDirector) (Principal Financial Officer)
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/s/ JAMES I. CASH, JR.
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James I. Cash, Jr.
Director
/s/ SILAS S. CATHCART
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Silas S. Cathcart
Director
/s/ DENNIS D. DAMMERMAN
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Dennis D. Dammerman
Director
/s/ ANN FUDGE
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Ann Fudge
Director
/s/ CLAUDIO X. GONZALEZ
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Claudio X. Gonzalez
Director
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/s/ ANDREA JUNG
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Andrea Jung
Director
/s/ KENNETH G. LANGONE
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Kenneth G. Langone
Director
/s/ SCOTT G. MCNEALY
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Scott G. McNealy
Director
/s/ FRANK H. T. RHODES
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Frank H. T. Rhodes
Director
/s/ DOUGLAS A. WARNER, III
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Douglas A. Warner, III
Director
