Alpha Eta Rho is a collegiate fraternity founded to bring together those students having a common interest in the commercial field of aviation.

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.