POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints Craig T. Beazer, Bennett E. Josselsohn,
Richard M. Pearlman and Jane C. Sherburne, and each of them, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact for and in the
undersigned's name, place and stead to:

        1.  prepare, execute, and file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC"), the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE")
and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (the "Company"), for
and on behalf of the undersigned, pursuant to Section 16(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and the rules and regulations thereunder, such statements
regarding the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities of
the Company as required by law; and
        2.  prepare, execute and file with the SEC, the NYSE and
the Company, for and on behalf of the undersigned, one or more
Notices of Proposed Sale of Securities on Form 144 relating to
the sale of shares of common stock of the Company; and
        3.  do and perform any and all acts, for and on behalf
of the undersigned, which may be necessary or desirable for the
preparation and timely filing of any such reports or documents
with the SEC, the NYSE and any other authority; and
        4.  take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood
that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

        Said attorneys-in-fact and each of them shall have
full power and authority to do and perform, in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, each and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in
connection with any of the above as fully as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, the undersigned hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
each of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.

        The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.  The undersigned agrees
that each such attorney-in-fact herein may rely entirely on
information furnished orally or in writing by the undersigned
to such attorney-in-fact.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
reports with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this
Power of Attorney as of this 12th day of June, 2012.


                                /s/Mark A. Nordenberg
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                            	  Mark A. Nordenberg