​Patrick T. Stokes '60

Described as a “world-class businessman and a world-class good man,” Patrick Stokes ’60 was the first person outside the Anheuser and Busch families to serve as chairman of the Anheuser-Busch Companies. He also served on the boards of numerous service organizations, including the YMCA of Greater St. Louis, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Priory Society and Boys Hope/Girls Hope National Board. 

Born in Washington, D.C., Mr. Stokes graduated from Xavier in 1960. Four years later, he received his bachelor’s degree from Boston College, graduating magna cum laude. While still at Boston College, he visited Stockholm, Sweden, as part of an international student exchange program, and met his future wife, Anna-Kristina. The couple wed in 1966 at St. Francis Xavier Church in New York City. Mr. Stokes earned a master’s degree in business administration in finance from Columbia University the same year. 

He joined the U.S. Army in 1967, and served at 1st Army Headquarters at Fort Meade, Md., for two years. In 1969, he joined Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis in the corporate planning department. In 1991, Mr. Stokes was presented with the Boston College Award of Excellence in Commerce. He currently sits on the board of trustees at Boston College, where Stokes Hall is a tribute to his generosity and the esteem in which the college holds him. 

“Pat exemplifies a man of integrity and faith, an individual who was nationally known as a business leader and a husband and parent who nurtured and supported his family,“ said Rev. Paul G. Sheridan, S.J., President of Bellarmine College Preparatory. “His compassion was demonstrated in caring for the needs of the poor through sacrifice of time and means and in promoting Jesuit works. He is a very humble and generous person.”