Below is a list of past SAIR Nomination and Election Committee members, the years they served, and their institution at the time.
- 1977-78
- Al Cooke
- Annie Mae Miller
- Mary Alyce Orahood
- Robert I. Lewis II
- 1978-79
- Barbara D. Holmes, Fayetteville State University
- D. Robert Moxley
- Denise Strenglein
- Fletcher Carter
- 1979-80
- D. Robert Moxley
- Denise Strenglein
- Fletcher Carter
- Larry Riddick
- Murriel L. Gilliam
- Norman O. Uhl, North Carolina Central University
- 1980-81
- Charles H. Bryson
- Max Holderfield
- Suzanne W. Larsen, University of Tennessee
- 1981-82
- Dianna Joseph Lowe
- Larry G. Jones, University of Georgia
- Margaret L. Moore
- Sandra Storrer
- Shirley Chapman
- W. Kevin Hunt
- 1982-83
- Al Bloom
- C. Dudley Salley
- E. Michael Staman, Systems and Computer Technology Corporation
- James O. Nichols
- Linda K. Pratt
- Timothy R. Sanford
- 1983-84
- Gerald W. McLaughlin, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
- Gerry H. Lunney
- Robert M. Ussery
- Wayne Bottomley
- William R. Fendley Jr.
- 1984-85
- Dennis Hengstler
- Larry G. Jones
- Marsha Kelman
- Murriel L. Gilliam
- Nellie Hardy
- Richard D. Howard, North Carolina State University
- 1985-86
- Brenda H. Rogers
- Carol Kayla
- Elizabeth F. Fox, University of Alabama - Birmingham
- Mantha Mehallis
- Mary Alyce Orahood
- Wayland Winstead
- 1986-87
- John Porter
- Kathleen K. Bissonnette
- Linda K. Pratt, North Carolina Central University
- Mary Sapp
- Nellie Hardy
- Tony Williams
- 1987-88
- Delores Buford
- Dennis Hengstler
- Edward Delaney
- Joe Marks
- Maxine Allen
- Steve W. Batson, West Virginia State College
- 1988-89
- Bobby H. Sharp
- Carol S. Hollins
- Jacqueline M. Skubal
- Kathleen K. Bissonnette
- Kay A. Staub, University of Alabama
- Tom R. Bohannon
- 1989-90
- Bruce Mallette
- Caroline Denham
- Deborah Brewton Dailey
- Gerry H. Lunney
- Theresa Y. Smith
- Timothy R. Sanford, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- 1990-91
- Jo Anne Lowe
- Kathleen K. Bissonnette
- Deborah Brewton Dailey
- Larry Gracie
- Mary Sapp, University of Miami
- Robert M. Ussery
