It proved a capable companion for traveling, commuting, and hiking. And the Mystery Ranch influence is apparent.

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Day packs accounted for half of JanSport’s sales in 1985, and by 2015 the company was reportedly selling 8 million backpacks a year. The oldest of three brothers, Murray John Pletz was born in ...

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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By the mid-1980s, JanSport bags were ubiquitous in colleges and high schools. When The New York Times published Mr. McCory’s obituary on Monday, readers shared memories of their JanSports in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

JanSports new Retro Series will cost $19.67 for 19 minutes and 67 seconds starting at noon Eastern time on October 10. JanSport. Founded in 1967 by Murray Pletz, his girlfriend Janice (the brand ...

Day packs accounted for half of JanSport’s sales in 1985, and by 2015 the company was reportedly selling 8 million backpacks a year. The oldest of three brothers, Murray John Pletz was born in ...

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.