Dudley Landon Vaill (1873-1967) was born in Winsted, Connecticut. He graduated from Phillips Academy, Andover, in 1892 and from Yale in 1896. Vaill served as class secretary from 1916 until his death. Upon graduation Vaill joined the firm of George Dudley and Son, a leather manufacturer in Winsted, and became treasurer of the company in 1898. He was president of the Winsted Savings Bank from 1914 to 1953.