With so much cool new snow sports gear coming out right now, winter just can't come soon enough. The post ‘Indestructible’ ...
and the JanSport Right Backpack is the classic with its recognizable suede bottom. The model has improved over the decades and is now available in more than 20 attractive colors. The best part? The ...
Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.
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.
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 ...
By Clay Risen Murray McCory, who founded the outdoor equipment company JanSport while still in college and whose signature innovation, a lightweight backpack, revolutionized school life for ...
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 ...
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).