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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, W. Randolph Baker 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 (i) proposed registration under said
Act of 10,000,000 shares of common stock pursuant to a Registration Statement
on Form S-8 to be transferred pursuant to the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income
Stock Purchase and Savings Plan, 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 the common stock, and to any amendments
to said proposed Registration Statement and (ii) amendments to any existing
Registration Statement on Form S-8 relating to shares of common stock to be
transferred pursuant to the Anheuser-Busch Deferred Income Stock Purchase and
Savings Plan, this authorization to include the authority to sign the name of
each of the undersigned in the capacities indicated below to the amendments.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed a copy of this
Power of Attorney as of September 27, 2000.
/s/ AUGUST A. BUSCH III /s/ W. RANDOLPH BAKER
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August A. Busch III W. Randolph Baker
Chairman of the Board Vice President and
and President Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ JOHN F. KELLY /s/ BERNARD A. EDISON
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John F. Kelly Bernard A. Edison
Vice President and Controller Director
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ CARLOS FERNANDEZ G. /s/ JOHN E. JACOB
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Carlos Fernandez G. John E. Jacob
Director Director
/s/ JAMES R. JONES /s/ CHARLES F. KNIGHT
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James R. Jones Charles F. Knight
Director Director
/s/ VERNON R. LOUCKS, JR. /s/ VILMA S. MARTINEZ
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Vernon R. Loucks, Jr. Vilma S. Martinez
Director Director
/s/ JAMES B. ORTHWEIN /s/ WILLIAM PORTER PAYNE
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James B. Orthwein William Porter Payne
Director Director
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/s/ JOYCE M. ROCHE /s/ PATRICK T. STOKES
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Joyce M. Roche Patrick T. Stokes
Director Director
/s/ ANDREW C. TAYLOR
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Andrew C. Taylor Douglas A. Warner III
Director Director
/s/ EDWARD E. WHITACRE, JR.
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Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.
