Knight External Affairs Building Dedicated

Members of Charlotte Latin School’s Founding Board of Trustees gather to honor Robert V. Knight, Jr. following the ceremony to name the school’s External Affairs Building in his honor on October 27. Pictured (front row, left to right) are Carol G. Belk, W. Howard Pitt, Jr., (back row, left to right) Knight and Frank R. Thies, Jr.

Knight is a long-time Charlotte businessman and civic leader who served the Charlotte Latin community with distinction as a member of the Board of Trustees for a total of 23 years since the School’s founding in 1970 and as Latin’s first treasurer. He is the father of Charlotte Latin alumni John R. Knight ’74 and Ruth Knight Gammon ’77 and the grandfather of Sydnor Gammon ’07 and Betsy Gammon ’10.