Anheuser-Busch Press Releases

The International Leadership Foundation (ILF) and Anheuser-Busch, Inc. are proud to honor the late Dr. John Tsu, the first ILF Chairman who passed away earlier this year, with the Anheuser-Busch Dr. John Tsu Memorial Scholarship. The ILF will unveil the new scholarship at its annual Gala Dinner “A Salute to Asian Pacific American Women in Leadership” at the Washington Hilton on Thursday, July 21, 2005 at 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009 at 6 p.m. ILF will honor Andrea Jung, CEO of Avon Products.

“We’re very pleased to partner with ILF and create this memorial scholarship in honor of Dr. John Tsu,” said David L. Kim, Director, Sales Development & Community Relations, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. “Anheuser-Busch has a tradition of honoring excellence and leadership. Dr. Tsu exemplifies both as a person and in his accomplishments, especially in his efforts to develop leaders in the community.”

Dr. John Tsu worked to promote Asian Americans in public service for more than 30 years. An advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and both Bushes, Dr. Tsu was Chairman of President George W. Bush’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. He was President of the Asian American Political Education Foundation and served on the Presidential Commission on Education.

We are extremely pleased to be able to offer the Anheuser-Busch Dr. John Tsu Memorial Scholarship through a generous donation from Anheuser-Busch, ” said Derek Chen, the incoming ILF President. “Dr. Tsu is the greatest Asian American leader in our generation. He helped so many people to succeed in life, yet asked for nothing in return. This scholarship will be a lasting tribute to his great deeds”

“The Anheuser-Busch Dr. John Tsu Memorial Scholarship is very appropriate,” said, Dr. Paul Hsu, Chairman, ILF. “ It will help the next generation of young leaders and that’s what Dr. Tsu always emphasized in his life. He believed in helping young people succeed. There really is no better way to honor his life.”

About International Leadership Foundation
The ILF is a non-profit organization that promotes the civic involvement, and effectiveness, of APAs. In 2005, the ILF awarded $1,000 scholarships and arranged government internships for 40 Asian American students. Each student spends six weeks during the summer working for a government agency in either Washington, DC or in Sacramento, CA. For more information, please go to www.ILEADER.org.

About Dr. John Tsu
An accomplished scholar, Dr. Tsu taught at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, then at Seton Hall University in New Jersey where he founded the Asian Studies Department and chaired this department for 10 years. In 1977, Dr. Tsu relocated to San Francisco to direct the Multicultural and Bilingual Programs at the University of San Francisco, where he expanded its Doctoral program from 9 students to 300. He was also a visiting scholar at Stanford’s Hoover Institute.

Dr. Tsu was born in Jilin Province, China. He studied in Japan and graduated from the University of Tokyo's Law School. He came to the US in the 1950s to pursue his graduate studies, where he received an MA in political science from Georgetown University and a Ph.D. from New York’s Fordham University. Dr. Tsu married Susan Tsu, an accomplished artist.

Dr. Tsu committed his life to the service of others and always built relationships to provide more opportunities for the API community. He worked with Japanese Americans to increase trade with Japan by establishing the U.S. Foundation for International Economic Policy. He helped the Southeast Asian community establish refugee service centers; Dr. Tsu was most proud of his advocacy on behalf of qualified API individuals to state and federal appointed positions in government.

About Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
For more than 15 years, Anheuser-Busch has contributed to Asian Pacific American communities through the development and support of a variety of programs that help meet the needs of these diverse communities. These programs are designed to provide immediate and long-term benefits to the communities through joint efforts with national, regional and local organizations who are developing the next generation of leadership.

Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. is the leading American brewer holding 50 percent of the U.S. beer market. The company is American-owned and brews the worlds largest-selling beers, Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser-Busch also holds a 50 percent share in Grupo Modelo, Mexicos leading brewer, and a 27 percent share in Tsingtao, the No. 1 brewer in China. Anheuser-Busch ranked first in the U.S. beverage industry in FORTUNE magazines 2005 Americas Most Admired Companies and in the top 30 on FORTUNEs 2005 Global Most Admired Companies list. The company is one of the largest theme park operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum cans and is the worlds largest recycler of aluminum beverage containers. For more information, visit www.anheuser-busch.com or www.asianbud.com.