Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.
Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory founded JanSport in ... suburban homes and kids of their own.
He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.
After the death of Murray McCory, a founder of the outdoors equipment company JanSport, readers recalled how their backpacks served them on life’s journeys.