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John L. Nau, III, Advisory Board
John L. Nau, III is President and Chief Executive Officer of Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P., the nation’s largest distributor of Anheuser-Busch products. Silver Eagle employs over 1,200 employees that serve 16 counties in Texas through operations in Houston, San Antonio, Conroe, Cypress and Rosenberg. Silver Eagle also distributes Grupo Modelo beers, a broad selection of microbrews and craft beers and several non-alcohol beverages and waters.
Nau’s commitment to service is apparent through a broad spectrum of participation in civic, community, and philanthropic organizations in Houston and throughout the country. His current involvement includes the National Parks Foundation Board of Directors, Civil War Trust Board of Directors, Baylor College of Medicine Board of Trustees, Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Board of Trustees, Honorary Trustee of the Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, Honorary Trustee of Texas Heart Institute, Director and Executive Committee member of the Greater Houston Partnership and Advisory Council member to the Center for Big Bend Studies. He also serves as a Board Member of the Center for Houston’s Future, Discovery Green Conservancy, Friends of the Texas Historical Commission, Friends of Vicksburg National Military Park, Houston Police Foundation, The Admiral Nimitz Foundation, and The Texas State Historical Association. He is founder and President of The Nau Foundation.
His lifelong interest and study of American history provided him with the knowledge and background to serve as chairman of the National Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 2001 – 2010, a position appointed by the President of the United States. He also served as chairman of the Texas Historical Commission, 1995 – 2009, a position appointed by the Governor of Texas.
Nau is a graduate of the University of Virginia, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in History. He is Chairman of the Council of Foundations, University of Virginia, Vice Chairman of the UVA Capital Campaign and serves on the Board of Visitors of UVA.
He and his wife, Bobbie, reside in Houston. Their family includes two daughters, Victoria Nau Johnson and husband Parker, Elizabeth Nau Stepanian and husband Andy, and five grandchildren, Katharine, Reese and Driggs Stepanian and Liston and Case Johnson.
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