Adolphus Busch III

Adolphus Busch III

Infobox Person
name = Adolphus Busch III


image_size = 150px
caption = President and CEO of Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., 1934-1946
birth_date = 1891
birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, USA flagicon|United States
death_date = death date|1946|8|29|mf=y
death_place = St. Louis, Missouri, USA flagicon|United States
occupation = Brewing Executive
spouse =
parents = August A. Busch, Sr.Alice Ziesemann
children =

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.

References

*New York Times; August 30, 1946; . 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....


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