Alpha Eta Rho, a professional aviation fraternity, was founded at the University of Southern California on April 10, 1929. It was organized for four purposes:
-To further the cause of aviation in all its' branches,
-To install in the mind of the public a confidence in aviation,
-To promote a closer affiliation among the students of aviation for the purpose of education and research,
-To promote contacts between students of aviation and those already engaged in the profession.
Alpha Eta Rho,
a first in the first in the history of aviation, serves a dual mission:
1. To enlighten the serious aerospace student on facts concerning all fields directly related to aerospace.
2. To unite people with an interest in aviation and to share opinions and views on aviation subject matter.
Our badge is
fashioned after the radial air-cooled engine. Its' five cylinders
represent the five fundamental tenants of the fraternity, which are:
First: It shall be the bounden duty of every member to aid and encourage his fellow pilots in every manner possible.
Second: Every pilot of Alpha Eta Rho shall bend his earnest efforts to the advancement of the profession.
Third: 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.
Fourth: The upholding and advancement of the ethics of aviation shall be a basic aim of each individual member.
Fifth: Each pilot shall at all times so conduct himself or herself as to reflect honor upon his profession, his fraternity, and himself.
The fraternity serves as a contact between the aviation industry and educational institutions. It bands into one organization, outstanding students, interested faculty, and industrial leaders for the purpose of studying the problems of everyday life as influenced by this modern industry-aviation.
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.
The constitution of Alpha Eta Rho declares that the success of aeronautics depends upon its unfilled development in all the countries of the world and upon the cooperation of different phases of aviation with each other. It affirms its character to be international and declares eligibility for membership not dependent upon race, religion, nationality, or sex.
Alpha Eta Rho
continues to grow and serves as a lasting tribute to farsighted understanding
and vision of it's founder, Professor Earl W. Hill.
National Officers
Chairman
of the Board
Harold S. Wood
1325 Nutmeg #202
Escondido, CA 92026
President
Wayne E. White
8857 Pacific Bay Lane
Las Vegas, NV 89117
Vice
President
Ronald D. Kelly
609 Briarwood Drive
De Sotto, IL 62924
Secretary-Treasurer
Kent E. Backart
Palomar College
1140 W. Mission Rd.
San Marcos, CA 92069-1487
Regional Governors
Western
Kenneth J. Kraemer
P.O. Box 11326
Las Vegas, NV 89111-1326
Midwestern
William Goebel
Dept. Aviation Tech.
Purdue Airport, Hangar 6
West Lafayette, IN 47906
Eastern
Dr. Thomas M. Vick
5 Naugus Ave.
Marblehead, MA 01945
Southeastern
Dan Reese
777 Harris Point Dr.
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Southwestern
Jeffrey C. Price
Metro State Aviation Department