Verkkoclaudia heller, longtime columnist for the southern california news group and a local historian steeped in all things route 66, passed away after a long. Verkkosir john patrick richardson, art historian and critic, born 6 february 1924, died 12 march 2019. Verkkoa historian who chronicled the role of women in american society and then made history of her own, serving as the first female president of smith college,. Booker, knoxville’s most revered african american historian, an austin high school graduate and a stalwart leader of knoxville's civil.