Jack W. Berryman, PhD, MA, MS
Dr. Berryman is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities and Adjunct Professor Emeritus in the Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine in the School of Medicine at the University of Washington. Dr. Berryman earned a B.S. from Lock Haven State College, a M.S. and M.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.
Dr. Berryman’s many contributions include serving as Editor of the Journal of Sport History (1977-84) and President of the North American Society for Sport History (1989-91). He coedited Sport and Exercise Science: Essays in the History of Sports Medicine, the first book in this field, in 1992. Dr. Berryman received the Distinguished Service Award for Exceptional Contributions from the North American Society for Sport History in 1996. For 30 years, Dr. Berryman taught a one-of-a-kind class on the history of sports medicine and was a devoted thesis and dissertation mentor. He published more than 60 peer-reviewed scholarly articles and book chapters and is a popular consultant for the media. Dr. Berryman is also a Fellow in the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
Dr. Berryman has been singularly responsible for preserving the history of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as the organization’s official historian, Chair of the Office of Museum, History, and Archives, and author of Out of Many, One: A History of the American College of Sports Medicine (1995). He was invited to present the D.B. Dill Historical Lecture at the 1994 and the 2004 ACSM national meetings. Dr. Berryman’s work to record the history of ACSM and to honor the careers of ACSM’s leaders is preserved in the 10 volume DVD series, ACSM’s Distinguished Leaders in Sports Medicine and Exercise Science, his legacy to the organization and to the fields of sports medicine and exercise science.
Dr. Berryman taught these courses:
- BH 401 History of Modern Medicine (3)
- BH 481 The Pursuit of Health in American Society (3)
- BH 483 The Rise and Development of Sports Medicine (3)
- BH 485 Concepts of the Body in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century America
To read more about Dr. Berryman's recognitions and awards, please click below:
- Rule, Marsha, "A Conversation with Jack Berryman." UW Today (October 25, 2007.)
- Matthew Roland, "Fly-Fishing Expert Presents Lecture for Distinguished Speaker Series," The Western Front (Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA) July 20, 2017.
- "Faculty Friday -- Jack Berryman," Interview for the University of Washington's Whole U Series, January 19, 2018.
- Karla Romero, "Students Learn of Ethics Accompanying Hunting and Fishing," The Daily Texan, January 24, 2018, page 3.
- Citation Award -- American College of Medicine, 64th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2017; In recognition of lifetime achievements in the literature of sport history and the history of sports medicine and exercise science
Research
Books
Berryman, Jack W., 2006. Fly-Fishing Pioneers & Legends of the Northwest. Seattle, WA: Northwest Fly Fishing, LLC. 206 pp. (First Place Book Award for Outdoor Writers Association of America, 2007)
Berryman, Jack W., 1995. Out of Many, One: A History of the American College of Sports Medicine. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers. 414 pp.
Berryman, Jack W. and Park, Roberta J., (eds.), 1992. Sport and Exercise Science: Essays in the History of Sports Medicine. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 372 pp. (Second printing, 2001)
Articles and Book Chapters
Berryman, Jack W., 2016. Protecting a Northwest Icon: Fly Anglers and Their Efforts to Save Wild Steelhead. Chapter 4 in Backcasts: A Global History of Fly Fishing and Conservation. Samuel Snyder, Bryon Borgelt, and Elizabeth Tobey (eds.) Chicago: University of Chicago Press: 79-100, 352-362.
Berryman, Jack W. 2012, Motion and Rest: Galen on Exercise and Health, The Lancet, 380 (July 21): 210-211.
Paluch, Amanda, Berryman, Jack W., Powell, Kenneth E., Vuori, Ilkka, Tipton, Charles M., and Blair, Steven N., 2012. History of Physical Activity Contributions to Public Health. Chapter in Physical Activity and Public Health Practice. Carol Macera and Barbara Ainsworth (eds.) (Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis Group: 1-20).
Berryman, Jack W., 2012. The Role of Physiology and Cardiology in the Founding and Early Years of the American College of Sports Medicine, Chapter 1 in The Social Organization of Sports Medicine: Critical Socio-Cultural Perspectives. Dominic Malcom and Parissa Safai (eds.) New York: Routledge : 25-35).
Berryman, Jack W., 2010. Exercise Is Medicine: A Historical Perspective, Current Sports Medicine Reports, 9:4 (July/August): 195-201.
Berryman, Jack W., 2005. ACSM’s 7th President, Allan J. Ryan, M.D., 1915-2005, Sports Medicine Bulletin, 40:5 (September/October): 2-4.
Berryman, Jack W., 2004. The Passing of an Era: Leonard A. Larson, ACSM’s Last Surviving Founder, Passes at 97, Sports Medicine Bulletin, 39:1 (January/February): 1-3.
Berryman, Jack W., 2004. The American College of Sports Medicine: 50 Years of Progress and Service, 1954-2004, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 36:1 (January): 1-10.
Berryman, Jack W., 2004. The American College of Sports Medicine: 50 Years of Progress and Service, 1954-2004, ACSM’s Health and Fitness Journal, 8:1 (January/February): 1-10.
Berryman, Jack W., 2003. Ancient and Early Influences. Chapter 1 in Exercise Physiology: People and Ideas. Charles M. Tipton (ed.), New York: Oxford University Press :1-38.
Berryman, Jack W., 2003. ACSM’s 50th Anniversary Commemorative Article Series, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 35:6 (June): 891.
Berryman, Jack W., 2002. The History of Exercise in Medicine, The Bulletin of the King County Medical Society (WA), 81:10 (November/December) :1,10-13.
Berryman, Jack W., 2002. The Rise of Boys’ Sports in the United States, 1900 to 1970. Chapter 1 in Children and Youth in Sport: A Biopsychosocial Perspective. Second Edition, Frank L. Smoll and Ronald E. Smith (eds.), Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.:5-17.
Berryman, Jack W., 2000. Exercise Science and Sports Medicine -- A Rich History. Sports Medicine Bulletin, 35:1 (January - March): 8-9.
Smoll, Frank L. and Berryman, Jack W., 1999. Elimination of the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Washington: Commentary on the Personal Observations of Michael J. Ellis. Quest, 51:1 (February): 1-4.
Berryman, Jack W., 1998. ACSM Receives Mueller Memorabilia. Sports Medicine Bulletin, 33:2 (April - June): 11.
Berryman, Jack W., 1998. Founder Jokl Dies at 90. Sports Medicine Bulletin, 33:2 (April - June): 11.
Vincent, Lawrence M. and Berryman, Jack W., 1997. History of Dance Medicine Revisited. Journal of Dance Medicine and Science, 1:4:167.
Berryman, Jack W., 1997. Number One Turns 90. Sports Medicine Bulletin, 32:4 (October-December): 6.
Tipton, Charles M., Berryman, Jack W., and Kroll, Walter P., 1997. George Wells Fitz of Harvard: A Forgotten Advocate of Exercise Physiology. FASEB Journal: Official Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 11: A53.
Berryman, Jack W., 1997. Preserving the Past. Sports Medicine Bulletin, 32:1 (January-March): 20.
Berryman, Jack W. (co-author), 1996. Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 278pp.
Berryman, Jack W., 1996. Thomas K. Cureton, Jr.: Pioneer Researcher, Proselytizer, and Proponent for Physical Fitness. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 67:1 (March): 1-12.
Berryman, Jack W., 1995. “Introduction” for Special Issue: Sport History, Pacific Northwest Quarterly, 87:1 (Winter 1995/96): 3-4.
Berryman, Jack W., 1995. The Rise of Boys' Sports in the United States, 1900 to 1970. Chapter 1 in Children and Youth in Sport: A Biopsychosocial Perspective. Frank L. Smoll and Ronald E. Smith (eds.), Dubuque, IA: Brown and Benchmark Publishers: 4-14.
Berryman, Jack W., 1994. 40 Years of Progress and Service. Sports Medicine Bulletin, 29:3 (July-September): cover, 20-21.
Berryman, Jack W., 1993. Guest Editorial--The Contributions of MSSE to ACSM and Sports Medicine. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 25:8 (August): 885-887.
Berryman, Jack W., 1993. Andrew J. Kozar--McKenzie Sculpture Inaugurates ACSM Archives and Museum. Sports Medicine Bulletin, 28:1 (January-March): cover, 4-5.
Berryman, Jack W., 1993. A Call for Museum Items. Sports Medicine Bulletin, 28:2 (April-June):4.
Berryman, Jack W., 1992. Exercise and the Medical Tradition from Hippocrates through Ante-Bellum America: A Review Essay. Chapter 1 in Sport and Exercise Science: Essays in the History of Sports Medicine. Jack W. Berryman and Roberta J. Park (eds.), Urbana: University of Illinois Press: 1-56.
Berryman, Jack W., 1992. Robert Stanley Hutton, Sr. (1939-1991). The AAPE News, 13:1 (Fall): 11-12.
Berryman, Jack W., 1990. Introduction to Essays in Sport History and Sport Mythology. Donald Kyle and Gary Stark (eds.), College Station: Texas A & M University Press: 3-6.
Berryman, Jack W., 1989. Early Black Leadership in Collegiate Football: Massachusetts as a Pioneer. In Education In Massachusetts: Selected Essays. Michael F. Konig and Martin Kaufman (eds.), Westfield, MA: Institute for Massachusetts Studies: 139-152.
Berryman, Jack W., 1989. Dr. Josephine Rathbone ACSM Founder, 1899-1989. Sports Medicine Bulletin, 24:4 (October-December): 1.
Berryman, Jack W., 1989. The Tradition of the "Six Things Non-Natural": Exercise and Medicine from Hippocrates through Ante-Bellum America. Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, 17: 515‑559.
Berryman, Jack W., 1988. The Rise of Highly Organized Sports for Preadolescent Boys. Chapter 1 in Children in Sport: A Contemporary Anthology, 3rd Edition. Frank L. Smoll, et al. (eds.), Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers: 3-16.
Russell, Janet N. and Jack W. Berryman, 1987. Parks, Boulevards, and Outdoor Recreation: The Promotion of Seattle as an Ideal Residential City and Summer Resort, 1890-1910. Journal of the West, 26:1 (January): 5-17.
Berryman, Jack W., 1986. A New Look at the Rise of American Sport. American Quarterly, 38:5 (Winter) : 879-886.
Berryman, Jack W., 1982. "Sport, Health, and the Rural-Urban Conflict: Baltimore and John Stuart Skinner's American Farmer, 1819-1829," Conspectus of History: 1:8: 43-61.
Berryman, Jack W. and Joann Brislin, 1982. The Ladies' Department of the American Farmer, 1825-1830: A Locus for the Advocacy of Family Health and Exercise. In Her Story in Sport: A Historical Anthology of Women in Sports. Reet Howell (ed.), West Point, NY: Leisure Press: 57-69.
Hardy, Stephen H. and Jack W. Berryman, 1982. A Historical Look at Governance. Chapter 1 in The Governance of Intercollegiate Sport. James H. Frey (ed.), West Point, NY: Leisure Press: 15-28.
Berryman, Jack W., 1981. Early Black Leadership in Collegiate Football: Massachusetts as a Pioneer. Historical Journal of Massachusetts, 9:2 (June): 17-28.
Berryman, Jack W., 1981. John S. Skinner's American Farmer: Breeding and Racing the Maryland "Blood Horse," 1819-1829. Maryland Historical Magazine, 76:2 (Summer): 159-173.
Berryman, Jack W. and John W. Loy, 1981. Secondary Schools and Ivy League Letters: A Comparative Replication of Eggleston's "Oxbridge Blues." In Sport, Culture and Society: A Reader on the Sociology of Sport. John W. Loy, Jr., Gerald S. Kenyon, and Barry D. McPherson (eds.), Philadelphia, PA: Lea & Febiger: 325-335.
Berryman, Jack W. and Stephen H. Hardy, 1981. The College Sports Scene. Chapter 6, Part II, in Sports in Modern America. William J. Baker and John M. Carroll (eds.), St. Charles, MO.: River City Publishers, Ltd.: 63-76.
Berryman, Jack W., 1979. The Tenuous Attempts of Americans to "Catch-up with John Bull": Specialty Magazines and Sporting Journalism, 1800-1835. Canadian Journal of History of Sport and Physical Education, 10:1 (May): 33-61.
Berryman, Jack W., 1978. The Rise of Highly Organized Sports for Preadolescent Boys. Chapter 1 in Children in Sport: A Contemporary Anthology. Richard A. Magill, Michael J. Ash and Frank L. Smoll (eds.), Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers: 3-18.
Northam, Janet A. and Jack W. Berryman, 1978. Sport and Urban Boosterism in the Pacific Northwest: Seattle's Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition, 1909. Journal of the West, 17:3 (July): 53-60.
Berryman, Jack W. and Joann Brislin, 1977. The Ladies' Department of the American Farmer, 1825-1830: A Locus for the Advocacy of Family Health and Exercise. Associates NAL Today, 2:2 (September): 8-15.
Berryman, Jack W., 1976. John Stuart Skinner and the American Farmer, 1819-1829: An Early Proponent of Rural Sports. Associates NAL Today, 1:3 (October): 11-32.
Berryman, Jack W., 1976. Historical Roots of the Collegiate Dilemma. Proceedings of the National College Physical Education Association for Men, Hot Springs, Arkansas, (January): 141-154.
Berryman, Jack W. and John W. Loy, 1976. Secondary Schools and Ivy League Letters: A Comparative Replication of Eggleston's "Oxbridge Blues." British Journal of Sociology, 27 (March): 61-77.
Berryman, Jack W., 1975. From the Cradle to the Playing Field: America's Emphasis on Highly Organized Competitive Sports for Preadolescent Boys. Journal of Sport History, 2 (Fall): 112-131.
Berryman, Jack W., 1973. Sport History as Social History? Quest, 20 (June): 65-73.
Berryman, Jack W. and John W. Loy, 1973. Matthew W. Bullock: First Black Head Coach in College Football. Black Sports, 2 (February): 18-19.
Ingham, Alan G., John W. Loy and Jack W. Berryman, 1972. Socialization, Dialectics, and Sports. In Women and Sport: A National Research Conference. Dorothy V. Harris (ed.), University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State HPER Series No. 2: 235-276.
Encyclopedias, Reference Guides, Bibliographies, and Biographical Dictionaries
Berryman, Jack W., 2007. ACSM’s Health and Physical Activity Reference Database—Three distinct databases—“Health and Physical Activity” (3,131 citations); “The Evolution of Physical Activity Recommendations” (100+ authors); and, “Exercise Physiology” (223 citations) at http://www.acsm.org
Berryman, Jack W., 2004. Bullock, Matthew W. In Historical Dictionary of African Americans in Sport, David K. Wiggins (ed.), New York, NY: M.E. Sharpe, Inc. (In Press)
Berryman, Jack W. and John W. Loy, 1996. Bullock, Matthew W. In Encyclopedia of African American Culture and History, vol. 1 Jack Saltzman, et al. (ed.), New York, NY: Simon & Schuster Macmillan: 469.
Berryman, Jack W., 1990. Skinner, John S. In Biographical Dictionary of American Sport. David L. Porter (ed.), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Berryman, Jack W., 1990. Porter, William T. In Biographical Dictionary of American Sport. David L. Porter (ed.), Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Berryman, Jack W., 1988. Skinner, John S. In Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 73. Samuel G. Riley (ed.), Columbia, SC: Bruccoli Clark, Inc.: 293-298.
Berryman, Jack W., 1982. Important Events in the History of American Sports: A Chronology. Appendix 1 to Sports: A Reference Guide. Robert J. Higgs (ed.), Westport CT: Greenwood Press: 227-267.
Berryman, Jack W., 1981. McCarthy, Charles L. "Clem." In Dictionary of American Biography -- Supplement Seven, 1961-1965. John A. Garraty (ed.), New York, N.Y.: Charles Schribner's Sons: 494-495.
Berryman, Jack W., 1981. Jones, Benjamin Allyn. In Dictionary of American Biography -- Supplement Seven, 1961-1965. John A. Garraty (ed.), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons: 399-401.
Berryman, Jack W., 1980. Mallory, Anna Margrethe "Molla" Bjurstedt. In Dictionary of American Biography -- Supplement Six, 1956-1960. John A. Garraty (ed.), New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons: 424-426.
Berryman, Jack W., 1980. Hoppe, William Frederick "Willie." In Dictionary of American Biography -- Supplement Six, 1956-1960. John A. Garraty (ed.), New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons: 303-305.
Berryman, Jack W., 1977. Travers, Jerome Dunstan. In Dictionary of American Biography -- Supplement Five, 1951-1955. John A. Garraty (ed.), New York, NY: Charles Scribner's Sons: 695-696.
Berryman, Jack W. (Comp.), 1975. Directory of Scholars Identifying with the History of Sport, 1975-1976. University Park, PA.: North American Society for Sport History.
Book Reviews
Berryman, Jack W., A History of British Sports Medicine. By Vanessa Heggie. Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (In Press)
Berryman, Jack W., 2002. American Sportsmen and the Origins of Conservation. By John F. Reiger. Journal of Sport History, 29:2 (Summer, 2002): 337-338.
Berryman, Jack W., 1997. Science in the Service of Physical Education and Sport: The Story of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education, 1956-1996. by Steve Bailey. The Sports Historian.
Berryman, Jack W., 1997. The History of Exercise and Sport Science. by John D. Massengale and Richard A. Swanson (eds.) International Journal of the History of Sport.
Berryman, Jack W., 1994. Bloodties: Nature, Culture, and the Hunt. by Ted Kerasote. Journal of Sport History, 21:1 (Spring): 86-88.
Berryman, Jack W., 1994. Deer Camp: Last Light in the Northeast Kingdom. by John M. Miller. Journal of Sport History, 21:1 (Spring): 88-90.
Berryman, Jack W., 1993. The Rise of Modern Sports, 1840-1860. by George B. Kirsch (ed.) International Journal of the History of Sport, 10:2 (August): 290-291.
Berryman, Jack W., 1993. Southern Hunting in Black and White: Nature, History, and Ritual in a Carolina Community. by Stuart A. Marks. Journal of Southern History, 59:1 (February): 130-131.
Berryman, Jack W., 1992. Weakness Is a Crime: The Life of Bernarr Macfadden. by Robert Ernst. Journal of American History, 78:4 (March):1478-1479.
Berryman, Jack W., 1992. Fitness in American Culture: Images of Health, Sport, and the Body, 1830-1940. Edited by Kathryn Grover. Journal of Sport History, 19:1 (Spring):77-78.
Berryman, Jack W., 1990. Fit for America: Health, Fitness, Sport and American Society. by Harvey Green. Canadian Journal of History of Sport, 21:1 (May): 84.
Berryman, Jack W., 1988. West Ham United: The Making of a Football Club. by Charles Korr. Journal of Sport History, 15:2 (Summer): 187-188.
Berryman, Jack W., 1987. Sport in America: New Historical Perspectives. by Donald Spivey, (ed.). Canadian Journal of History of Sport, 18:1 (May): 97-98.
Berryman, Jack W., 1986. The Games They Played: Sports in American History, 1865-1980. by Douglas A. Noverr and Lawrence E. Ziewacz. The History Teacher.
Berryman, Jack W., 1985. The Colonial Quarter Race Horse. by Alexander Mackay-Smith. Journal of Sport History, 12:3 (Winter): 271-272.
Berryman, Jack W., 1985. Hounds in the Morning: Sundry Sports of Merry England--Selections from the Sporting Magazine, 1792-1836. by Carl B. Cone. British Journal of Sports History, 2:1 (May): 102-103.
Berryman, Jack W., 1985. Nearby History: Exploring the Past Around You. by David E. Kyvig and Myron A. Marty. Journal of Sport History, 12:1 (Spring): 76-77.
Berryman, Jack W., 1983. Ban Johnson: Czar of Baseball. by Eugene C. Murdock, American Historical Review, 88:4 (October): 1095-1096.
Berryman, Jack W., 1982. Reckoning with the Beast: Animals, Pain, and Humanity in the Victorian Mind. by James Turner. Journal of Sport History, 9:1 (Spring): 96-99.
Berryman, Jack W., 1982. Sportsmen and Gamesmen. by John Dizikes. American Historical Review, 87:1 (February): 269-270.
Berryman, Jack W., 1981. Baseball: America's Diamond Mind, 1919-1941. by Richard Crepeau. Journal of Sport and Social Issues, 5:1 (Spring): 50-51.
Berryman, Jack W., 1979. History of Sport and Physical Activity in the United States. by Betty Spears and Richard Swanson. Canadian Journal of History of Sport and Physical Education, 10:2 (December): 94-96.
Berryman, Jack W., 1979. Bill Walton: On the Road with the Portland Trailblazers. by Jack Scott. Journal of the West, 18:4 (October): 112-113.
Berryman, Jack W., 1979. From Ritual to Record: The Nature of Modern Sports. by Allen Guttmann. American Historical Review, 84:2 (April): 429.
Berryman, Jack W., 1978. Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies. by Robert Sklar. Teaching History: A Journal of Methods, 3:1 (Spring): 37-38.
Berryman, Jack W., 1976. Bad Nigger! The National Impact of Jack Johnson. by Al-Tony Gilmore. Journal of Sport History, 3:1 (Spring): 93-94.
Berryman, Jack W., 1975. A History of Recreation: America Learns to Play. by Foster Rhea Dulles. Canadian Journal of History of Sport and Physical Education, 6:1 (May): 86-88.
Berryman, Jack W., 1974. Popular Recreations in English Society, 1700-1850. by Robert W. Malcolmson. Journal of Sport History, 1:2 (Fall): 161-162.
Other Reviews
External manuscript reviews (1994-2014) for: Penn State University Press; The Wellcome Institute; University of Tennessee Press; University of Washington Press; University of Illinois Press; University of Massachusetts Press; University of Texas Press; Pacific Northwest Quarterly; Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport; Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; Journal of Sport History; International Journal of the History of Sport; Health; Annals of Internal Medicine; Journal of Applied Physiology; Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences; Advances in Physiology Education; Canadian Bulletin of Medical History; Springer; University of North Carolina Press.
Awards and Honors
1981 Phi Alpha Theta Lecturer, Ball State University
1992 Fellow, National Academy of Kinesiology (338)
1994 D.B. Dill Historical Lecturer, American College of Sports Medicine
1994 Distinguished Educator Award, Lock Haven University Alumni Association
1996 Distinguished Service Award, North American Society for Sport History
1999 Krost Lecturer, Texas Lutheran University
2001 Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine
2004 D.B. Dill Historical Lecturer, American College of Sports Medicine
2004 “The Tommy Award,” Washington Fly Fishing Club
2007 Excellence in Craft Award for Best Book, Outdoor Writers Association of America
2009 Alderson Lecturer, University of Texas, Austin
2017 Citation Award, American College of Sports Medicine
2017 Roderick Haig-Brown Literary Award, Fly Fishers International
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