Background
Blake, Richard Lee was born on March 8, 1937 in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Albert and Ica Virginia (Yost) Blake.
Blake, Richard Lee was born on March 8, 1937 in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Albert and Ica Virginia (Yost) Blake.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, Rensselaer Polytech. Institute, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in Astro-Geophysics, U. Colorado, 1968.
Astronomer, United States Naval Research & Laboratory, Washington, 1959-1963; assistant professor astrophysics department astronomy Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 1968-1974; member of staff, Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratory, since 1974.
Board of directors S.W. Association on Indian Affairs, Santa Fe, 1983-1987. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1959-1963. Member American Physical Society, Santa Fe Archaeol.
Society (president 1985).
Married Donna Jean Wells, December 23, 1963 (divorced). Married Dorothy Ortner, February 14, 1986. 1 child, Aaron Mathew Sandoski.