Adolphus Busch III
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Adolphus Busch III | |
Born | 1891 St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
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Died | August 29, 1946 St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
Occupation | Brewing Executive |
Parents | August A. Busch, Sr. |
Adolphus Busch III (1891 – August 29, 1946) was a brewing magnate who was the President and CEO of Anheuser-Busch from 1934-1946. He was the grandson of Adolphus Busch, the founder of the company and the oldest of 5 children of August A. Busch, Sr.. His younger brother August A. "Gussie" Busch, Jr. succeeded him as President and CEO.
He turned the company’s baker’s yeast operations into the nation’s leader, a position it held until this subsidiary was sold in 1988.
He died on August 29, 1946 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri of a cerebral hemorrhage.
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- New York Times; August 30, 1946; Adolphus Busch 3rd, Brewery Head, 55; President of Firm That Makes Budweiser Beer Is Dead. Active in Other Fields. St. Louis, Missouri, August 29, 1946. Adolphus Busch 3rd, president of Anheuser Busch, Inc., brewery, died today at Barnes Hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage....