Aurelie Patricia Dodge Babbitt, 80, passed away on July 18, 2011. She graduated from Boston University - Sargent College in 1952. Aurelie has been a member of the American Physical Therapy Association since 1950 in the following chapters, Massachusetts, California, Illinois, New York, Hawaii & Arizona. She is the first recipient of the Pauline Wampler Service Award, the Lucy Blake Service award and 1986 Physical Therapist of the Year. She was the President of the Board of Physical Therapy Examiners, associate faculty member at ASU, adjunct faculty member at the University of New Mexico and advisor for the NAU physical therapy program. She was President of the Arizona Physical Therapists Association. Aurelie started at Mesa Southside Hospital in 1968 and when the new facility, renamed Desert Samaritan Hospital opened in 1972 she developed both the physical therapy and rehabilitation services. She retired from Desert Samaritan as the director of rehabilitation services after 22 years. She is survived by her husband of 58 years Thomas Richard Babbitt USN Ret, a daughter, two sons and four grandchildren.