After the death of Murray McCory, a founder of the outdoors equipment company JanSport, readers recalled how their backpacks ...

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.

The company's first product, the adjustable aluminum-frame backpack, revolutionized hiking equipment and set the foundation for what would become a global phenomenon. Over the decades, JanSport ...

I remember spending all summer thinking about my backpack purchase that would come for the following school year. My choice was Jansport, but there were options. Colors, patterns, sizes.

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By Clay Risen Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still in college and whose signature innovation, a lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for ...