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Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.
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He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.
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 ...
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.