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EXHIBIT 24

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned directors of THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Ohio (the “Company”), hereby constitute and appoint ROBERT W TIEKEN, C THOMAS HARVIE, STEPHANIE W. BERGERON, JOHN W. RICHARDSON and RICHARD J. KRAMER, and each of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each one of them with full power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned directors to the Company’s Annual Report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, and to any and all amendments, supplements and exhibits thereto and any other instruments filed in connection therewith; provided, however, that said attorneys-in-fact shall not sign the name of any director unless and until the Annual Report shall have been duly executed by the officers of the Company then serving as the chief executive officer of the Company, the principal financial officer of the Company and the principal accounting officer of the Company; and each of the undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms all that the said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one of them, shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have subscribed these presents this 3rd day of December, 2001.

     
/s/ John G. Breen   /s/ William E. Butler

 
John G. Breen, Director   William E. Butler, Director
     
/s/ Thomas H. Cruikshank   /s/ Edward T. Fogarty

 
Thomas H. Cruikshank, Director   Edward T. Fogarty, Director
     
/s/ William J. Hudson, Jr.   /s/ Robert J. Keegan

 
William J. Hudson, Jr., Director   Robert J. Keegan, Director
     
/s/ Philip A. Laskawy   /s/ Steven A. Minter

 
Philip A. Laskawy, Director   Steven A. Minter, Director
     
/s/ Agnar Pytte   /s/ Martin D. Walker

 
Agnar Pytte, Director   Martin D. Walker, Director

 

 
/s/ James M. Zimmerman
James M. Zimmerman, Director

 

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