Gillie Aldah Larew (July 28, 1882 – January 2, 1977)[1] was an American mathematician, the first alumna of Randolph–Macon Woman's College to become a full professor there, and eventually the dean of the college.
[3] It was one of the earliest works of mathematics to call Lagrange multipliers by that name.
In 1921 was promoted to full professor,[1] the first Randolph–Macon alumna to reach that position.
[2] She took a year leave in 1929–1930 to study in Europe with Constantin Carathéodory,[1] and in 1936 became head of the mathematics department.
[5] A portrait of Larew by painter Winslow Williams, commissioned in 1986 by the alumnae of Randolph-Macon Woman's College, is part of the permanent collection of the Maier Museum at Randolph College.