ST. LOUIS: Ruth Jacobson, Fleishman-Hillard's first female executive, died March 9 due to complications from congestive heart failure at the age of 84, according to a news story from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A veteran in the industry, Jacobson joined Fleishman in 1955 and was the agency's first senior partner, working with clients like Anheuser-Busch, First National Bank, and Emerson Electric, retiring in 2001. She died at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in Creve Coeur, MO, and is survived by ...