Eleventh Recipient of the Karl E. Palmatier Award of Merit
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Glenn was born in 1911 in Seattle, Washington, and knew from an early age the bow and arrow was something he wanted to spend his life exploring.
His father was a timber cruiser and Glenn made many a walk in the woods with his Dad where he learned about the types of trees from which he would later design and make bows.
Founding the Pope and Young Club was one of his greatest accomplishments and also one of his most difficult challenges. In the 1950's it was obvious that in the eyes of the public bowhunting needed credibility if it was to survive. At that time it was Karl Palmatier, President of the National Field Archery Association who asked Glenn for help in making this possible.
Over 50 years later, Glenn is known as the man who almost single-handedly made the doubters believe that the bow was a viable hunting weapon. In 1958, Glenn was awarded the National Field Archery Associations highest award, The Compton Medal of Honor, and in 1991 he was inducted into the Archery Hall of Fame. He was also presented the Pope and Young Club's most prestigious Ishi Award. The list goes on and on. For more than eight decades Glenn has been involved with the sport he loves.
Webster defines "legend" as something based partly on history but chiefly on popular tradition. To quote Billy Ellis, "There have never been many legends in bowhunting circles. Many aspire, but few are chosen. A person becomes a legend when the strength of his character causes a whole movement to become better and stronger until it rises to a higher philosophical plane. Glenn St. Charles has done that for his beloved sport of bow hunting.
In this century, our legends have been Ishi, Pope and Young, Fred Bear and Glenn St. Charles.
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The Karl E. Palmatier Award of Merit was conceived by the Professional Archers Association to recognize administrative excellence and untiring contributions to the Sport of Archery.
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