Robert Orris Blake (April 7, 1921 – December 28, 2015) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Mali from 1970 to 1973.
Prior to Paris Blake served in Managua, Nicaragua, Moscow, Russia, Tokyo, Japan, Tunis, Tunisia, and as Deputy Chief of Mission in Kinshasa.
Blake was the Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute, where he served as the Chairman of the Committee on Agricultural Sustainability.
On July 28, 1956, Blake was married to Sylvia Whitehouse at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
Robert and Sylvia had one daughter and two sons, including:[8] Blake died of prostate cancer at his home in Washington, D.C., on December 28, 2015.