About: Robert M. Blakeman

Robert M. Blakeman (August 9, 1925 – April 21, 2018) was an American attorney and politician who served in the New York State Assembly from 1961 to 1964 and in 1966. Blakeman was born in Manhattan to parents Jesse H. and Edythe R. Blakeman. He was a graduate of Long Beach High School where he played baseball and was a band member. At the age of 17, Blakeman enlisted in the United States Merchant Marine in World War II. During his four year service he was an officer assigned to gasoline tankers and travelled the world supplying war efforts with needed supplies. After the war, he received an Honorable Discharge and returned to Long Island where he enrolled in Hofstra University and afterwards New York University Law School where he graduated with the degree of Juris Doctor. He was later admi