Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

He started the backpack company in 1967, while still in college, and went on to revolutionize the way students carry books.

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).

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.

Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and modern day backpack creator, has died at 80. McCory founded JanSport in 1967 with his then-future wife and later developed a way to make smaller, softer ...

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By Clay Risen Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still ... I can still see the first student I noticed wearing a backpack. I remember thinking, I want one.

Murray McCory, a free-spirited outdoorsman who co-founded the rugged gear and pack company JanSport ... fellow UW student Janis “Jan” Peterson, who had used her mother’s home sewing machine ...