Lord Percival Finch

Off the Court

Evansville alumni, as Lord Percival Finch tells it on the shows. Each story was checked against its source.

• Lisel MuellerPulitzer Prize-winning poet

  Lisel Mueller's family fled the Nazi regime, and she arrived in America at fifteen. She graduated from Evansville in 1944 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1997. The crown bows to no one, yet it bows to her.

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• Culla Johnson VayhingerIndiana temperance union president

  Culla Johnson Vayhinger, born 1867, rose to lead the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Indiana as its president. A reformer of iron will, and one of ours.

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• Ron GlassBarney Miller and Firefly actor

  Ron Glass attended Evansville, then played Detective Ron Harris on Barney Miller from 1975 to 1982. Years later the university awarded him its Medal of Honor. The crown approves.

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• Rami MalekAcademy Award-winning actor

  Rami Malek, of The Pacific and Mr. Robot, is an Academy Award-winning actor and a Purple Ace. One does enjoy having an Oscar in the royal household.

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• Jack McBrayer30 Rock actor

  Jack McBrayer of 30 Rock and Forgetting Sarah Marshall studied at Evansville. Every court requires a jester, and ours is splendid.

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