James "Jim" Eric Chalgren (July 15, 1951 – April 23, 2000) was an American gay activist best known for establishing the first LGBT resource center on a college campus in Minnesota.

[3] The project started out as a series of potluck dinners, then extended to a food shelf, outreach, and case management services to educate HIV/AIDS patients about nutrition and healthcare.

Chalgren contributed multiple poems and articles to The GLC Voice, Gaze, and Lavender Magazine.

This award recognizes one IFO faculty member working at a four-year institution within the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system (MnSCU) who improves the lives of LGBT faculty, helps the system recognize, hire, retain, tenure, and promote LGBT faculty, advocates on issues that have substantial impact on LGBT employees, and has significant IFO service.

(1987: Edited by George E Capowich; Jim Chalgren; Daina D Farthing-Capowich; Barbara R Keating; Citizens for Human Rights).