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EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors
and officers of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as
the "Company"), hereby constitutes and 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, or agent and attorney, with full powers of
substitution, resubstitution and revocation, for and in the name, place and
stead of the undersigned to do any and all things and to execute any and all
instruments which said agents and attorneys, or any of them may deem
necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any rules, regulations and requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission in respect thereof, in connection
with the 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company, including
specifically, but without limiting the generality of the foregoing, full
power and authority to sign the name of each of the undersigned in the
capacities indicated below to the said 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K to be
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to any and all
amendments to said 1999 Annual Report on Form 10-K, and each of the
undersigned hereby grants to said attorneys and agents, and to each of them
singly, full power and authority to do and perform on behalf of the
undersigned every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be
done in the premises as fully as the undersigned could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them,
or the substitutes or substitute of them or any of them, shall do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has subscribed these presents
this 22nd day of March, 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 and Director 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/ 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
/s/ JOYCE M. ROCHE /s/ ANDREW C. TAYLOR
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Joyce M. Roche Andrew C. Taylor
Director Director
/s/ DOUGLAS A. WARNER III /s/ EDWARD E. WHITACRE, JR.
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Douglas A. Warner III Edward E. Whitacre, Jr.
Director Director
