Rebecca Johnson Vail ’91

Becky died July 17, 2018, in Winchester, Mass., after a long battle with breast cancer.

She joined our class from Point Pleasant Beach (N.J.) High School, where she was valedictorian and class president all four years. At Princeton Becky majored in economics and earned a certificate in East Asian Studies. She was a member of Cottage, ran track, participated in club gymnastics, and served as class secretary/treasurer our senior year. After graduation she worked in finance in New York City and earned an MBA at Wharton in 1997.

With two partners, in 2010 Becky co-founded Millstreet Capital Management, a hedge fund in Boston, and served as CFO and head of operations and compliance. She gave back to the Boston community, serving the Boston chapter of 100 Women in Hedge Funds and supporting cancer research and nonprofit organizations helping homeless and low-income children as well as victims of commercial sexual exploitation. She was an invaluable member of our Reunions leadership, serving as the finance chair for our 20th and 25th reunions.

Becky is survived by her husband, Robert Vail, whom she married in 2001; and their sons, Griffin and Colby. Her parents, brother, mother-in-law, and brother-in-law also survive her, and we extend to them our deepest sympathies on the loss of such a warm and treasured member of our class.