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The Invention That Changed School Forever
Take the school backpack, for example. Its invention can be traced to one man, Murray McCory, who died last month. McCory ...
Murray McCory, 80, Dies; JanSport Founder Created the School Backpack
He brought lightweight packs to millions of students and transformed the way they carried their textbooks to school.
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All Over The Map: Forgotten Seattle origins of the JanSport school backpack
Seattle-based entrepreneur and inventor of the modern backpack, Murray McCory, died last month at the age of 80.
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To keep outside violence from spilling into schools, this Louisiana district banned backpacks
In rural northeast Louisiana, the leaders of a small school district took a drastic step this week in response to an eruption ...
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Life-saving school backpack for kids caught in tsunami, flooding
HAMAMATSU--An unusual collaboration between a newspaper delivery shop and an eyewear accessory company here led to the development of "randoseru" school backpacks that can be used as makeshift ...
LUS Fiber partners with Love Our Schools to donate backpacks to Alice Boucher Elementary
LUS Fiber and Love Our Schools collaborated to donate 100 backpacks filled with school supplies to Alice Boucher Elementary.
Murray McCory, JanSport founder who created school backpack, dies at 80
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.