A Seattle-area native who grew up hiking, camping and tinkering ... rivers and mountains. But JanSport became better known for its school backpacks than its alpine gear. The company was widely ...
The company’s rise coincided with a surge of interest in camping and the outdoors, as families and young people flocked to ...
He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.
Murray McCory, who founded JanSport while a student at UW and whose lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for millions of students, died Oct. 7 in Seattle.
Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.
This bag fits a surprising amount of things with room to spare. I was never much of a backpack traveler. When choosing a ...
Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his future wife (Jan, the company’s namesake).