Alpha Eta Rho

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Alpha Eta Rho (AHP)

Founded	April 10, 1929 University of Southern California
Type	Professional
Scope	International
Motto	"To further the cause of aviation in all of its branches."
Colors	Chrome Yellow and Black
Chapters	More Than 70
Headquarters	1839 Mossy Oak Lane Collierville, TN 38017, USA
Homepage	http://www.ahpnational.com

Alpha Eta Rho (ΑΗΡ) is an international professional college aviation fraternity that serves as a contact between the aviation industry and educational institutions to foster, promote, and mentor today's college students towards successful careers in any aviation field. 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.

Established in 1929, and 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 April 27th, 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 CEO's, NASA engineers, flight attendants, aircraft mechanics, aviation museum directors, aerospace engineers, and pilots. There are currently over 45,000 Alumni of Alpha Eta Rho, with over 1,000 new members pledging each year.

1 National Chapter History
2 Notable Alumni
3 Chapters
4 External links

[edit] National Chapter History

Alpha Eta Rho, the Greek letters which stand for “air,” came into being to fulfill a definite need of the time. Enrollment in aviation courses on the campus of the University of Southern California in the spring of 1928-1929 was surprising large, and the faculty members as well as the students were voicing the need for an extracurricular activity for promoting and organizing this interest in aviation.

Led by Professor Earl W. Hill, who was teaching aviation at USC and with the assistance of others on the faculty, Alpha Eta Rho was organized on April 10, 1929, and after receiving official recognition by the university, the first election of officers was held May 23, 1929. Under the leadership of Hill, founder and National President for 21 years until his death in 1950, Alpha Eta Rho continued to grow in stature within the college and the aviation industry.

Marshall Benedict, an employee of United Airlines, became the second National President of the fraternity in 1950. Except for a 16 month period from June 1951 until October 1952 while he was recalled to active duty with the Air Force and John Goodwin took over the Presidency, Benedict served in this capacity until 1963. Benedict at this time was associated with the FAA.

Benedict resigned in 1963 and was replaced by Ray Mertes, a great supporter of aviation education while with United Airlines. Mertes, who died unexpectedly in 1965, was followed by Gene Kropf, Public Affairs Officer of the Western Region of the FAA. Kropf, also know as the “Red Baron”, served as national president until 1981 at which time he resigned to accept the position of Chairman of the Board of Alpha Eta Rho. At that time Harold S. Wood, who had been the National Secretary-Treasurer for almost 20 years while at Parks College, accepted the position of the National President.

July 1, 1988, Harold Wood resigned as National President to accept the position of Chairman of the Board of Alpha Eta Rho. Wayne E. White, retired from Boise State University, accepted the position of National President.

Through the leadership of these six dedicated men, Alpha Eta Rho has grown internationally. The alumni membership of the fraternity is large, and is distributed throughout the aviation industry both in the United States and abroad. Currently there are about sixty active chapters of Alpha Eta Rho. Another fifty chapters have been established over the years, but have become inactive. Approximately 1,000 new members are being initiated every year.

The fraternity serves as a contact between the aviation industry and educational institutions. It bands into one organization: outstanding students, interested faculty and industry leaders for the purpose of studying the problems of everyday life as influenced by this modern industry - - aviation.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Joe Leonard - AirTran Airways CEO

[edit] Chapters

	Hanger	School		Hanger	School
Α	Alpha	Southern California University	ΛΨ	Lambda Psi	Jacksonville University
ΑΑ	Alpha Alpha	University of Alaska	MΑΧ	Mu Alpha Chi	Fairmont State University
ΑΔ	Alpha Delta	Wilmington College	ΜΗΣ	Mu Eta Sigma	University of Maryland Eastern Shores
ΑΠ	Alpha Pi	Texas State Technical Institute	ΜΚΤ	Mu Kappa Tau	University of Minnesota at Mankato
ΑΣ	Alpha Sigma	Arizona State University	ΜΤ	Mu Tau	Middle Tennessee State University
ΑΧ	Alpha Chi	Averett College	Ν	Nu	Mt. San Antonio College
Β	Beta	Purdue University	ΝΑ	Nu Alpha	Southern Illinois University Carbondale
ΒΒ	Beta Beta	Henderson State University	ΞΤ	Xi Tau	Central Texas College
ΒΓ	Beta Gamma	Bowling Green State University	Ο	Omicron	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
ΒΕ	Beta Epsilon	San Juan College	ΟΣΥ	Omicron Sigma Upsilon	The Ohio State University
ΒΣ	Beta Sigma	Vincennes University	ΟΥ	Omicron Upsilon	Ohio University
Γ	Gamma	Auburn University	ΟΨ	Omicron Psi	Louisiana State University at Monroe
Δ	Delta	University of North Dakota	ΔΔ	Delta Delta	San Jacinto College
Π	Pi	St. Louis University	ΔΠ	Delta Pi	Northwestern Louisiana University
Σ	Sigma	Southern Illinois University	ΔΣ	Delta Sigma	Delaware State College
ΣΑ	Sigma Alpha	Florida Institute of Technology	ΔΦ	Delta Phi	Mercer County Community College
ΣΔ	Sigma Delta	Daniel Webster College	ΔΨ	Delta Psi	Delta State University
ΣΝ	Sigma Nu	Cypress College	ΕΡ	Epsilon Rho	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
ΣΦ	Sigma Phi	Metropolitan State College of Denver
ΣΞΩ	Sigma Xi Omega	Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
ΕΤ	Epsilon Tau	Ivy Tech
ΣΧ	Sigma Chi	Eastern Michigan University	Ζ	Zeta	Dowling College
ΣΧΥ	Sigma Chi Upsilon	St. Cloud State University	Η	Eta	San Jose State University
ΤΣ	Tau Sigma	Tennessee State University	ΗΚΥ	Eta Kappa Upsilon	Eastern Kentucky University
ΥΔ	Upsilon Delta	University of Dubuque	ΗΠ	Eta Pi	Broward Community College
ΥΝΟ	Upsilon Nu Omicron	University of Nebraska at Omaha	Θ	Theta	Western Michigan University
Φ	Phi	SUNY-Farmingdale	ΙΡ	Iota Rho	Indiana State University
ΦΒΣ	Phi Beta Sigma	Bridgewater State College	ΚΑ	Kappa Alpha	Kent State University
ΦΚ	Phi Kappa	St. Francis College	ΚΝ	Kappa Nu	University of Nebraska, Kearney
ΦΛΥ	Phi Lambda Upsilon	Utah State University	ΚΣΥ	Kappa Sigma Upsilon	Kansas State University
Χ	Chi	University of Illinois	ΛΠ	Lambda Pi	University of Central Missouri
ΧΟ	Chi Omicron	College of the Ozarks	ΛΡ	Lambda Rho	Lewis University
ΧΡ	Chi Rho	Central Washington University	ΛΤ	Lambda Tau	Louisiana Tech University
ΧΣ	Chi Sigma	Chattanooga State Technical Community College