Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...

He started the backpack company in 1967, while still in college, and went on to revolutionize the way students carry books.

Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.

He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.

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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.