Talk:Alpha Eta Rho/Archive 1

Archive 1

Table from 2014 with a lot of dates

Reference is https://web.archive.org/web/20140226014800/http://www.alphaetarho.org/chapters .

Chapter	School	Date of Charter
Alpha	University of Southern California	April 10, 1929
Eta	San Jose State University	April 27, 1940
Pi	Parks College of St. Louis University	March 17, 1950
Nu	Mt. San Antonio College	April 1, 1950
Chi	University of Illinois	February 24, 1954
Tau	College of San Mateo	February 18, 1956
Phi	State University of New York at Farmingdale	January 8, 1957
Phi Kappa	St. Francis College	January 8, 1957
Xi	San Bernardino College	December 17, 1957
Lambda	Northrop Aeronautical Institute	March 1, 1960
Omega	Seoul National University	November 1960
Beta	Purdue University	November 20, 1962
Epsilon Rho	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach	October 2, 1963
Sigma	Southern Illinois University	October 14, 1963
Gamma	Auburn University	November 1, 1966
Delta	University of North Dakota	November 16, 1966
Theta	Western Michigan University	April 8, 1967
Kappa Alpha	Kent State University	January 17, 1968
Beta Gamma	Bowling Green State University	May 14, 1968
Omicron	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	May 14, 1968
Phi Lambda Upsilon	Utah State University	May 27, 1968
Omicron Psi	University of Louisiana at Monroe	December 2, 1968
Zeta	Dowling College	December 18, 1968
Lambda Rho	Lewis University	February 16, 1969
Pi Epsilon	St. Petersburg Jr. College	March 28, 1969
Delta Alpha	Cochise College	March 31, 1969
Sigma Nu	Cypress College	May 27, 1969
Lambda Tau	Louisiana Tech University	March 24, 1970
Alpha Iota	Drake University	April 12, 1970
Alpha Sigma	Arizona State University	May 23, 1970
Alpha Delta	Wilmington University	May 24, 1970
Iota Rho	Indiana State University	May 25, 1970
Mu Tau	Middle Tennessee State University	November 1, 1970
Sigma Phi	Metropolitan State College of Denver	November 8, 1970
Kappa Tau	Gateway Tech Institute	November 15, 1970
Tau Sigma	Tennessee State University	November 19, 1970
Alpha Phi	Community College of Beaver County	February 17, 1971
Alpha Alpha	University of Alaska Anchorage	April 20, 1971
Alpha Pi	Texas State Technical Institute	November 14, 1971
Sigma Rho	Orange Coast College	February 18, 1972
Delta Pi	Northwestern State University	April 25, 1972
Mu Delta	Miami Dade Community College (North Campus)	June 27, 1973
Delta Phi	Mercer County Community College	October 25, 1973
Pi Alpha	Palomar College	April 29, 1974
Beta Sigma	Vincennes University	May 3, 1974
Sigma Alpha	Florida Institute of Technology	June 10, 1974
Chi Sigma	Chattanooga State Technical Community College	December 7, 1975
Upsilon Delta	University Of Dubuque	November 10, 1976
Lambda Pi	University of Central Missouri	September 28, 1978
Nu Gamma	Miami Dade Community College (South Campus)	March 23, 1979
Pi Rho	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott	April 5, 1979
Chi Rho	Central Washington University	February 4, 1980
Tau Rho	Volunteer State Community College	March 7, 1980
Eta Pi	Broward Community College	May 9, 1980
Delta Tau	Delaware Tech	February 13, 1981
Omicron Sigma Upsilon	Ohio State University	February 15, 1983
Delta Nu	Wichita State University	April 13, 1983
Phi Beta Sigma	Bridgewater State University	September 17, 1983
Chi Alpha	Salem-Teikyo University	November 15, 1983
Beta Beta	Henderson State University	December 7, 1983
Delta Delta	San Jacinto College	March 4, 1984
Gamma Sigma	Georgia State University	May 8, 1984
Delta Psi	Delta State University	May 15, 1985
Eta Kappa Upsilon	Eastern Kentucky University	September 6, 1985
Epsilon Omega	Western Oklahoma State College	January 13, 1986
Nu Alpha	Southern Illinois University, San Diego	March 8, 1986
Beta Rho	Lynn University (formerly College of Boca Raton)	May 2, 1986
Lambda Psi	Jacksonville University	November 14, 1986
Omicron Upsilon	Ohio University	May 1, 1987
Sigma Chi Upsilon	St. Cloud State University	January 27, 1989
Sigma Delta	Daniel Webster College	May 5, 1990
Sigma Beta Chi	Spartan School of Aeronautics	January 11, 1991
Sigma Chi	Eastern Michigan University	April 14, 1991
Beta Delta	Navarro College	May 11, 1991
Chi Omicron	College of the Ozarks	October 7, 1991
Delta Sigma	Delaware State College	February 23, 1992
Xi Tau	Central Texas College	October 31, 1992
Kappa Nu	University of Nebraska, Kearny	December 11, 1992
Epsilon Tau	Ivy Tech	January 28, 1994
Upsilon Nu Omicron	University of Nebraska at Omaha	October 28, 1994
Mu Alpha Chi	Fairmont State University	November 9, 1994
Alpha Omega	Texas Southern University	December 2, 1995
Rho Alpha	Rocky Mountain College	April 18, 1996
Omicron Gamma	Hampton University	November 11, 1996
Epsilon Alpha	Shasta College	November 27, 1996
Kappa Sigma Upsilon	Kansas State University	January 21, 1999
Beta Epsilon	San Juan College	May 7, 1999
Omicron Sigma Tau	Oklahoma State University - Tulsa	May 10, 1999
Mu Kappa Tau	Minnesota State University, Mankato	November 9, 1999
Alpha Chi	Averett University	November 13, 1999
Mu Eta Sigma	University of Maryland, Eastern Shore	December 9, 1999
Nu Chi Iota	North Central Institute	August 25, 2001
Sigma Delta Sigma	South Dakota State University	March 1, 2002
Beta Epsilon Alpha	University of Cincinnati	June 8, 2003
Mu Iota Alpha	Florida Memorial University	April 29, 2004
Upsilon Mu	University of Minnesota Crookston	March 1, 2005
Nu Sigma Phi	North Shore Community College	December 11, 2006
Sigma Xi Omega	Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology	April 24, 2008
Eta Gamma	Middle Georgia College	April 6, 2009
Epsilon Nu	Utah Valley University	December 1, 2010
Psi Nu Tau	University of North Texas	August 6, 2011
Pi Iota Chi	Oklahoma State University - Stillwater	April 8, 2012
Omega Phi Gamma	Mid-South Community College	April 26, 2013
Beta Chi	University of Oklahoma	Unknown
Gamma Theta Chi	Guilford Technical Community College	Unknown
Omicron Pi	Northeast Louisiana University	Unknown
Upsilon Sigma Nu	United States Naval Academy	Unknown

Naraht (talk) 18:16, 12 June 2023 (UTC)

I added the above to the article. There were numerous chapters that probably went dormant between the capture of the above list and the pre-existing table in the article. However, since the fraternity does not make the chapter list on its website public, I do no have a good way to confirm status. For now, I am leaving the status of those chapters blank. I will see if I can find anything online for each chapter.

In a new magazine source, I found mentions of other earlier chapters, leading me to believe that the fraternity originally issued chapter names in Greek letter order. Meaning, I suspect there are many inacitve chapters that we are still missing, given the range of the existing chapter names. Can someone with access to the last edition of Baird's see what they can find? Thanks. Rublamb (talk) 22:10, 22 June 2023 (UTC)

I also found a 1937 newspaper article that mentions 8 collegiate U.S. chapter and chapters in China and Germany. I suspect we will never figure those out. Rublamb (talk) 04:22, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Moving to a separate page.

Rublamb. I think at this point, we are well past the 50 chapters with information that mean that a separate page makes sense, but you are still actively updating it, so your call if and when.Naraht (talk) 13:07, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

@Naraht: I would like to wait a bit longer. I am still have 70 years of newspapers articles to go through and those are providing info for both the text and the chapter list. Can you add your edition of Baird's as a source for the chapter list? That will be needed for the stand-alone chapter list to meet notability requirements. Thanks! P.S. Thanks for finding this list and expanding what we could do for this article. I needed a break from the Divine Nine and this connects to my masters thesis on WWI aviation. Rublamb (talk) 17:15, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Rublamb Cool. I was pulling from the google book clips, I need to grab my actual book to do this, maybe this week. It *really* annoys when GLOs do "you pick your chapter letters"Naraht (talk) 17:21, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

I agree on the order of chapters names. Although, I have a suspicion that they actually used Greek letter order more often than it appears and that missing chapters and the reissuing of chapter names makes name assignment look more random than it actually is. I know I am missing around eight of the earliest chapters, both in name and campus affiliation. That would go a long way toward completing the originaly single letter chapters. It looks like the fraternity transitioned from a really active and social group in the pioneering days of aviation to a more traditional professional society by the wayings days of GLO in the late 1960s and early 1970s. I found a campus newspaper article from the 1970s that mentions the general weakness of the national organization, suggesting to me that much information about the early history could have been lost along the way. But I do like a challenge.... Rublamb (talk) 17:48, 23 June 2023 (UTC)

Possible chapters

I have come across hints of the following as possible colonies or chapters in the very early days of the fraternity. This would have been either before or right after Beta was chartered. References at the time indicate as many as eight chapters. It does not appear that these chapters, if actually chartered, recevied a Greek letter name.

• Boeing School of Aeronautics, Oakland, California
• Stanford University
• University of Washington
• University of California, Berkeley
• China
• Germany

Rublamb (talk) 04:29, 3 July 2023 (UTC)