Russell Stephen Drago (November 5, 1928 – December 5, 1997) was an American professor of inorganic chemistry.
[1] He mentored more than 130 PhD students, authored over a dozen textbooks and four hundred research documents, which have been published in several languages.
[3] In June, 1950, Drago graduated with a BS degree in chemistry from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
His group used a variety of physical methods to probe intermolecular interactions and helped pioneer NMR studies of paramagnetic systems.
He contributed to the area of catalysis focusing primarily on chemical processes relevant to industrial applications.