Mississippi State President Mark Keenum, center, congratulates distinguished alumni during the recent alumni association's campus leadership conference and awards banquet. James. W. Bagley (left) of Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas, was named National Alumnus of the Year and Ben Needham of Washington, D.C., is Young Alumnus of the Year. Bagley is a major philanthropist and namesake of the Bagley College of Engineering. Needham works for a firm that trains and mobilizes nonprofit supporters.