EXHIBIT 24.2 ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INCORPORATED POWER OF ATTORNEY Each of the undersigned directors and officers of Anheuser-Busch, Incorporated, a Missouri corporation ("ABI"), 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 ABI 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 (i) the proposed registration under said Act pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 of an additional $648,000,000 principal amount of debt securities of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., ABI's parent corporation (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), and (ii) the co-obligation of ABI in respect of such debt securities, pursuant to Rule 415 under said Act and all 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 Patrick T. Stokes -------------------------------- -------------------------------- August A. Busch III Patrick T. Stokes Chairman of the Board President and Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) Jerry E. Ritter Gerald C. Thayer -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Jerry E. Ritter Gerald C. Thayer Vice President - Finance Controller and Director (Principal Accounting Officer) (Principal Financial Officer) W. Randolph Baker August A. Busch IV -------------------------------- -------------------------------- W. Randolph Baker August A. Busch IV Director Director Joseph L. Goltzman James F. Hoffmeister -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Joseph L. Goltzman James F. Hoffmeister Director Director James I. Hunter III John E. Jacob -------------------------------- -------------------------------- James I. Hunter III John E. Jacob Director Director Donald W. Kloth Gerhardt A. Kraemer -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Donald W. Kloth Gerhardt A. Kraemer Director Director Stephen K. Lambright Aloys H. Litteken -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Stephen K. Lambright Aloys H. Litteken Director Director Ellis W. McCracken, Jr. Anthony T. Ponturo -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Ellis W. McCracken, Jr. Anthony T. Ponturo Director Director William L. Rammes -------------------------------- -------------------------------- William L. Rammes Jesus Rangel Director Director Joseph P. Sellinger Wayman F. Smith III -------------------------------- -------------------------------- Joseph P. Sellinger Wayman F. Smith III Director Director