Brother Antonio F. Knox seeks national office in the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Brother Antonio (Tony) F. Knox of Raleigh, this week, officially announced that he is seeking the national office of First Vice Grand Basileus in the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. The recipient of the post will be decided, along with other national office leaders, at the fraternity's Conclave this summer in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Brother Knox has been dedicated to the Fraternity for more than 25 years. He began work in the service organization in North Carolina State University’s Kappa Lambda Chapter in 1978. He has been a two-term Basileus (President) of the Iota Iota Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. in Raleigh, ascending to become the Sixth District Representative in the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Supreme Council. That position gave him responsibility for all the fraternity's chapters in North Carolina and South Carolina, the second largest district within the national fraternity.

Also, in the fraternity, Knox has held several positions in the Sixth District, and International offices with numerous fraternity honors and awards. Even with his dedicated support for the fraternity’s service, Brother. Knox has stayed close to his community. He has served as the Chairman of the Board for the Garner Road YMCA and Chairman of the North Carolina State University Chancellors Advisory Committee.

He was educated at North Carolina State University with a BA in Business Management and Economics. He is married to Angela Dickson Knox and they have two children, Antoinette Knox, who is a graduate of Hampton University and a son, Antonio F. Knox Jr., a senior and gifted student at Columbia University.

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