EXHIBIT 24.1
ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES, INC.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors and officers of Anheuser-Busch
Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby appoints August
A. Busch III, Jerry E. Ritter and JoBeth G. Brown, and each of them acting
singly, the true and lawful agents and attorneys of the undersigned, with full
power of substitution, to do all things and to execute all instruments which
any of them may deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in
connection with the proposed registration under said Act pursuant to a
Registration Statement on Form S-3 of an additional $648,000,000 principal
amount of the debt securities of the Company (for a total of $750,000,000
available for issuance, including $102,000,000 which remains available under
the Company's previous Registration Statement No. 33-49051), in accordance with
Rule 415 under said Act and as authorized by the Board of Directors of the
Company on June 28, 1995; this authorization to include the authority to sign
the name of each of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below to the
said proposed Registration Statement to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in respect of said securities, and to any amendments to
said prior or proposed Registration Statements.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed a copy of this
Power of Attorney as of June 28, 1995.
August A. Busch III Jerry E. Ritter
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August A. Busch III Jerry E. Ritter
Chairman of the Board Executive Vice President -
and Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial and
(Principal Executive Officer) Administrative Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Gerald C. Thayer
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Gerald C. Thayer Pablo Aramburuzabala O.
Vice President and Controller Director
(Principal Accounting Officer)
Bernard A. Edison
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Andrew B. Craig III Bernard A. Edison
Director Director
Peter M. Flanigan John E. Jacob
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Peter M. Flanigan John E. Jacob
Director Director
Charles F. Knight Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.
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Charles F. Knight Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.
Director Director
Vilma S. Martinez Sybil C. Mobley
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Vilma S. Martinez Sybil C. Mobley
Director Director
James B. Orthwein Andrew C. Taylor
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James B. Orthwein Andrew C. Taylor
Director Director
Douglas A. Warner III William H. Webster
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Douglas A. Warner III William H. Webster
Director Director
Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.
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Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.
Director