Alpha Eta Rho

Alpha Eta Rho (ΑΗΡ) is a coed international professional college aviation fraternity that serves as a contact between the aviation industry and educational institutions. The fraternity strives to foster, promote, and mentor today's college students towards successful careers in aviation, aeronautical engineering, and aerospace sciences. Alpha Eta Rho serves to actively associate interested students of aviation with leaders and executives in the industry. This close association, strengthened through the bonds of an international aviation fraternity, establishes opportunities for all members in their relation to aviation and inspires interest and cooperation among those in the profession who are also members of Alpha Eta Rho.

Alpha Eta Rho
ΑΗΡ
The official crest of Alpha Eta Rho
FoundedApril 10, 1929 (1929-04-10)
University of Southern California
TypeProfessional
AffiliationIndependent
EmphasisAviation
ScopeInternational
MottoCollegiate Aviation Leaders of Today... Aviation Industry Leaders of Tomorrow
ColorsChrome yellow, black, and red
     
ChaptersMore Than 90
Headquarters4579 Laclede Ave, Suite 1929
St. Louis, MO 63108
United States
WebsiteOfficial website

Established in 1929, it is the oldest professional aviation fraternity in history. Alpha Eta Rho has had over one hundred thirty five chapters both domestically and internationally. The Eta chapter at San Jose State University is the oldest active chapter, being founded on April 27, 1940. Currently over seventy chapters are active on campuses throughout the United States. The alumni of the fraternity are found in all facets of the aviation industry and related management fields. These include airline captains, military aviation flag officers, corporate CEOs, NASA engineers, flight attendants, aircraft mechanics, aviation museum directors, aerospace engineers, and pilots. There are currently 42 active chapters at colleges and universities, and over 45,000 alumni. Alpha Eta Rho accepts over 1,000 new members each year.

Scholarships are available to active members on a yearly basis.

Alpha Eta Rho is incorporated in the state of Missouri, and is a non-hazing organization.

Fraternity values

Mission:

  • To enlighten the serious aerospace student on the facts concerning all fields directly related to aerospace
  • To unite people with an interest in aviation and to share opinions and views on aviation subject matter

Purposes:

  • To further the cause of aviation in all of its branches
  • To instill in the public mind a confidence in aviation and its safety
  • To promote contacts between the students of aviation and those engaged in the profession
  • To promote a close affiliation between the students of aviation for the purposes of education and research in the field
  • To maintain and promote the highest moral standards as members of this unique fraternity

Fundamental tenets:

  1. It shall be the bounden duty of every member to aid and encourage his fellow pilots in every manner possible.
  2. Every pilot of Alpha Eta Rho shall bend his earnest efforts to the advancement of the profession.
  3. Each member shall strive at all times to create goodwill toward aeronautics through the implantation in the public mind of a confidence to be built up by the presentation of facts in their proper light.
  4. The upholding and advancement of the ethics of aviation shall be a basic aim of each individual member.
  5. Each pilot shall at all times so conduct himself as to reflect honor upon his profession, his fraternity, and himself.

Notable alumni
  • Joe Leonard - AirTran Airways CEO
  • JP Lake - (CEO) Flyjetz
  • Fernando Pineda - (Executive Vice President) NICHOLAS AIR[1]


National Board of Directors
  • President - Robert Clement
  • Vice President - Cody Evans
  • National Treasurer - Benjamin O'Brien
  • National Secretary - Andreas Wesemann
  • National Director of Alumni Affairs - Nathaniel Bloodsaw
  • National Director of Technology and Communications - Matthew Rhoads
  • National Executive Director - Benjamin O'Brien

Chapters
Chapter Symbol Chartered/Range Institution Location Status Reference
Pi Iota Chi ΠΙΧ 10 May 2012 Oklahoma State University
Alpha Α 10 April 1929 University of Southern California
Lambda Psi ΛΨ Jacksonville University
Alpha Alpha ΑΑ University of Alaska [2]
Mu Alpha Chi ΜΑΧ Fairmont State University
Alpha Delta ΑΔ Wilmington University
Mu Eta Sigma ΜΗΣ University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Mu Iota Alpha ΜΙΑ Florida Memorial University
Alpha Pi ΑΠ Texas State Technical Institute
Mu Kappa Tau ΜΚΤ Minnesota State University, Mankato
Alpha Sigma ΑΣ Arizona State University [3]
Alpha Sigma Psi ΑΣΨ 18 January 2018 California Aeronautical University
Mu Tau ΜΤ Middle Tennessee State University [4]
Alpha Chi ΑΧ Averett University
Nu Ν Mt. San Antonio College [5]
Beta Β 20 November 1962 Purdue University [6]
Sigma Σ 10 October 1963 Southern Illinois University
Beta Beta ΒΒ 1983 Henderson State University [7]
Xi Tau ΞΤ Central Texas College
Eta Gamma ΗΓ 2009 Middle Georgia State University
Omicron Ο Southeastern Oklahoma State University [8]
Beta Epsilon ΒΕ San Juan College
Omicron Sigma Upsilon ΟΣΥ Ohio State University [9]
Sigma Beta Chi ΣΒΧ Spartan School of Aeronautics
Beta Sigma ΒΣ Vincennes University
Omicron Upsilon ΟΥ Ohio University [10]
Gamma Γ 5 December 1969 Auburn University [11]
Omicron Psi ΟΨ University of Louisiana at Monroe
Delta Δ University of North Dakota [12]
Delta Delta ΔΔ San Jacinto College [13]
Pi Π St. Louis University [14]
Delta Pi ΔΠ Northwestern State University
Sigma Σ Southern Illinois University [15]
Delta Sigma ΔΣ Delaware State College
Sigma Alpha ΣΑ Florida Institute of Technology
Delta Phi ΔΦ Mercer County Community College
Sigma Delta ΣΔ 5 May 1990 Daniel Webster College [16]
Delta Psi ΔΨ Delta State University
Sigma Nu ΣΝ Cypress College
Epsilon Rho ΕΡ Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
Pi Rho ΠΡ 24 August 2020 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott
Sigma Phi ΣΦ Metropolitan State College of Denver
Sigma Xi Omega ΣΞΩ 24 April 2008 Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
Epsilon Tau ΕΤ Ivy Tech
Sigma Chi ΣΧ Eastern Michigan University [17]
Zeta Ζ Dowling College
Sigma Chi Upsilon ΣΧΥ St. Cloud State University
Eta Η 27 April 1940 San Jose State University [18]
Tau Sigma ΤΣ 19 Nov 1970 Tennessee State University
Eta Kappa Upsilon ΗΚΥ Eastern Kentucky University
Upsilon Delta ΥΔ University of Dubuque
Eta Pi ΗΠ Broward College
Upsilon Nu Omicron ΥΝΟ University of Nebraska at Omaha [19]
Theta Θ 8 April 1967 Western Michigan University [20]
Phi Φ State University of New York at Farmingdale
Iota Rho ΙΡ Indiana State University [21]
Phi Beta Sigma ΦΒΣ 17 September 1983 Bridgewater State University [22]
Kappa Alpha ΚΑ Kent State University [23]
Phi Kappa ΦΚ St. Francis College
Kappa Nu ΚΝ University of Nebraska at Kearney [24]
Phi Lambda Upsilon ΦΛΥ Utah State University
Kappa Sigma Upsilon ΚΣΥ Kansas State University [25]
Chi Χ University of Illinois
Lambda Pi ΛΠ University of Central Missouri
Chi Omicron ΧΟ College of the Ozarks
Lambda Rho ΛΡ 16 February 1969 Lewis University
Chi Rho ΧΡ Central Washington University
Lambda Tau ΛΤ Louisiana Tech University [26]
Chi Sigma ΧΣ Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Sigma Delta Sigma ΣΔΣ South Dakota State University
Upsilon Mu ΥΜ March 2005 University of Minnesota Crookston [27]
Epsilon Nu ΕΝ 1 December 2010 Utah Valley University
Epsilon Alpha ΕΑ 27 November 1996 Shasta College
Upsilon Zeta YZ Elizabeth City State University
Beta Chi BX University of Oklahoma

See also

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  23. Kappa Alpha
  24. Kappa Nu
  25. Kappa Sigma Upsilon
  26. Lambda Tau
  27. Upsilon Mu
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