Murray McCory, a free-spirited outdoorsman who co-founded the rugged gear and pack company JanSport, designed a widely imitated dome tent, and created a durable but lightweight backpack that ...

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

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 ...

JanSport worked on the Adaptive Collection for three years with inclusion and equity nonprofit Disability:IN, including research, product testing and insight from focus groups.

Murray McCory, JanSport co-founder and backpack creator, dies at 80 Nov. 7, 2024 Updated Fri., Nov. 8, 2024 at 9:10 p.m. JanSport co-founders Murray McCory and Jan Peterson circa 1968.

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.