Rockland Russo

Rockland Francis "Rocky" Russo (March 6, 1948 - January 1, 2012) was a game designer and historian from Salt Lake City, Utah, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was passionate about aeronautics and engineering and enjoyed constructing and flying model airplanes. In 1977, he and Michael Scott Kurtick designed Space Patrol, a game which was later converted into the first Star Trek role-playing game.