STATE COLLEGE — The SCASD Education Foundation will be holding its annual Maroon and Gray Society Celebration at Centre Hills Country Club on Friday, May 2, 2025. There they will induct their Maroon and Grey Society Class of 2025.
The Maroon and Gray Society celebrates alumni of The State College Area School district annually. Most of these alumni excel in areas like business, the arts, athletics, school groups, retired faculty, academics and retired staff and coaches.
This year aligns with the 10th anniversary of the Education Foundation’s 10th anniversary.
This year they will be inducting these individuals:
- Allayn Salter Beck ’04, Executive Director, State College Food Bank
- Gwen Bunnell, Kindergarten Teacher (Retired), Corl Street Elementary
- Linda Domin ’57, Kindergarten Teacher (Retired), Lemont Elementary
- Thomas “Tek” Kleban ’85, Coach, Boys & Girls Track and Field 2008-2020, State College Area High School & Senior Research Analyst, Mariner (Presented Posthumously)
- Mary Kay Archer Montovino ’73, Executive Secretary (Retired) SCASD, Former Board Member and Former President, SCASD Education Foundation
- Ian Hendrickson-Smith ’92, Professional Musician: Six-time Grammy Award-winning saxophonist for the Tonight Show, The Roots, Amy Winehouse, Al Green, Mark Ronson and more.
- Ralph Way ’52, Real Estate Developer and Founder of Foxdale Village Retirement Community
- Alice Gilmore Young ’77, Vice President of Finance and Corporate Compliance Officer, John F. Kennedy Behavioral Health Center (Retired)
