Timeline
Awards
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Booksellers Award, Pacific Northwest Booksellers; 1983
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Governor’s Award for Literature, Olympia, WA; 1983
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Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award for Literary Excellence; 1983
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Trustees Medal, Eastern Washington University (EWU); 1984
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Governor’s Award, WA Sate Library; 1985
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Excellence in Craft Award, Outdoor Writers of America Association; 1986
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WSU Alumni Achievement Award; March 1988
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Distinguished Achievement Award, Washington State University, Division of Sciences and Arts; 1993
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Distinguished Achievement Award, WSU; 1994
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Founder’s Day Award, EWU; 1994
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Idaho’s Hall of Fame Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature/Writing, Pocatello, ID; 1995
Honors
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Who’s Who in America, Literature and Education; 1995
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Included in Dictionary of International Biography; Autumn, 1996
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Circle of Honor Award, The Outdoor Channel; 2004
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Legendary Communicator, National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame; 2004
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Outdoor Writers Association of America Legends; 2007
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Who’s Who in America; 1996-2010
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Who’s Who in American West; 28th-34th editions;
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Who’s Who in American Education; 2005-2008
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Who’s Who in the World; 14th Edition and 2005-2009
Life is a tragedy for those who feel and a comedy for those who think.
— Pat McManus
Career History
1956
1956 - 1959
1960-1962
1959 - 1983
1983 to 2018
1977-1981
1982 to 2009
Freelance
News Reporter, Daily Olympian, Olympia, WA
Editor, WSU, Pullman, WA
News Reporter, KREM-TV, Spokane, WA
Professor of English/Journalism, Eastern Washington University (EWU), Cheney, WA; early retirement in 1983
Professor Emeritus, EWU, Cheney, WA
Associate Editor, Field & Stream Magazine
Editor at-Large, Outdoor Life Magazine, “The Last Laugh”
Reader's Digest, TV Guide, Sports Illustrated, Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, New York Times, and many other publications.
Wrote five one-man plays, which were performed by actor Tim Behrens in 23 states and for over 1/2 million people. Tim retired in 2019 after 26 years of performances.
Pat published twenty-four books that sold a combined 6 million copies.
He made The New York Times Best-Selling List six times.
Education
1952
1962
1965-1967
Bachelor of Arts in English
Washington State College (now Washington State University; WSU)
Pullman, WA
Masters in English
WSU
Pullman, WA
Post Graduate American Studies
WSU
Pullman, WA
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WSU Alumni Magazine, Pullman, WA
My wife Darlene said I couldn’t retire from teaching until I made as
much money writing as I did teaching.
— Pat McManus
