Jacquelin Perry, MD, a physical therapist who trained at Walter Reed Army Hospital (1940-1941) and practiced in the US Army for 5 years, died at her home in Downey, California, on Monday at age 94.

Perry graduated from the University of California, San Francisco, in 1950 as a physician and became board certified as an orthopedic surgeon in 1958. At Ranchos Los Amigos, she was chief of the Pathokinesiology Service for 30 years.

She published hundreds of articles and received APTA's Golden Pen Award and the Helen

J. Hislop Award for Outstanding Contributions to Professional Literature. She was an honorary

lifetime member of APTA. She also received the Orthopaedic Section's Steven J. Rose Excellence in Research Award. 

Throughout her career Perry advocated for the profession of physical therapy and worked closely with numerous physical therapists.

"The name Perry and the word movement are almost synonymous—we hear 'Perry,' and we think analysis of normal and abnormal movement of the trunk, upper extremity, and lower extremity and the restoration of movement through surgery, bracing, electrical stimulation, and exercise," Rebecca L. Craik, PT, PhD, FAPTA, wrote in a 2010 PTJ editorial.