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EXHIBIT (7)(d)
GE LIFE AND ANNUITY ASSURANCE COMPANY
POWER OF ATTORNEY
GE Life and Annuity Assurance Company, a Virginia Corporation (the "Company")
and its Sr. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Timothy Stonesifer,
hereby nominates and appoints Pamela S. Schutz, Selwyn L. Flournoy, Jr. and
Patricia L. Dysart, (with full power to each of them to act alone) as his true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and in his name and place in any
and all capacities, to execute and sign all Registration Statements of the
Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-4 under the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 and on form S-6
under the Securities Act of 1933 (including all and all pre- and post-effective
amendments and any supplements thereto), and to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission all such Registration Statements, amendments and any
supplements thereto, as well as any and all exhibits and other documents
necessary or desirable to such Registration Statement, amendment or supplement,
granting to such attorneys and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act necessary and/or appropriate as fully and with all
intents and purposes as the Company itself and the undersigned officers might or
could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, GE LIFE AND ANNUITY ASSURANCE COMPANY has caused this power
of attorney to be executed in its full name and by its President and attested by
its Assistant Secretary, and the undersigned officer has executed such power of
attorney, as of July 21, 2000.
GE LIFE AND ANNUITY ASSURANCE COMPANY
BY_______________________________________
Pamela S. Schutz
Chairperson, President and CEO
BY_______________________________________
Timothy Stonesifer
Sr. Vice President and CFO
ATTEST:
______________________________
W. Scott Williamson
Assistant Secretary
