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

I struggle to conceive of what a school campus would even look like without backpacks. I still have every JanSport I ever owned, because they hold up so well that I never had the heart to throw ...

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.