This award recognizes the ongoing contributions of a member to SAIR and the field of institutional research and planning in the broadest sense. This Award honors individuals whose effort and initiative might not otherwise receive public recognition. The types of effort to be considered include management assignments, innovative projects or ideas, development of new initiatives, or other ongoing service to SAIR, other than as an elected officer.

• 1990: Bruce Mallette
• 1990: Eugene Buckley
• 1991: Carol S. Hollins
• 1993: Murriel Gilliam
• 1993: Gerald Lunney
• 1994: Tony Williams
• 1994: Kathy Bissonette
• 1995: Theresa Y. Smith
• 1995: Nancy Ellen Soteriou
• 1996: Deborah Barshafsky
• 1997: Kaye Lawson
• 1998: John H. Milam, Jr.
• 2001: Hannelore Delbridge
• 2002: Mary Beth Adams
• 2002: Jane Mathis-Hopson
• 2006: Donald Boeckman
• 2010: Edwin Litolff