Charles E. "Charlie" Weatherly of Starkville (c) is Mississippi State's 2005 National Alumnus of the Year. The former longtime MSU Alumni Association executive director received the prestigious honor Friday during the association's annual campus leadership conference. The 1959 industrial management graduate continues to serve on the alumni foundation board of directors. President Charles Lee (l) and national alumni president Keith Winfield, also of Starkville, presented the award.