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

But JanSport became better known for its school backpacks than its alpine gear. The company was widely credited with helping ...

Some of our favorite backpacks for the 2024-2025 school year include a simple, lightweight classic from JanSport, a stylish leather bag from Coach and a sporty option from lLululemon.

University Book Store's social media intern Anika demonstrates the JanSport backpack currently offered at the store in Seattle; the location had a hand in creation of the original student backpack ...

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).

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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.