Soroptimist International Honors Cynthia Imbrogno

Cynthia Imbrogno has been selected as the 1997 Woman of Distinction by Soroptimist International of Spokane.

Imbrogno, an U.S. magistrate judge, works on behalf of legal gender equity.

Women of distinction are ideal role models for other women, based on outstanding achievements in her professional, business or voluntary activities for at least 10 years, a Soroptimist spokeswoman said.

Tobias Mann graduated from the University of Washington with three degrees: computer science, mathematics and philosophy. He received his philosophy degree “with distinction.”

Mann, a 1991 graduate of North Central High School, received an undergraduate achievement award for a liberal arts major and an Economic Opportunity Award for top male student. He earned a spot on the Dean’s List his last three quarters.

Mann is the son of Cathy and Michael McGinty of Spokane.

Melodye Wiens, reading instructor at Spokane Community College, has been elected president-elect of the Washington Association for Developmental Education.

Deborah Jean Cox, a graduate student at Eastern Washington University, received a $2,000 scholarship for academic excellence and community service from the Life Care Foundation for Education and Research.

Cox is a 1996 honors graduate of EWU, with a bachelor’s degree in health services administration.

Teresa Patton Jones, daughter of Ottiwell and Elita Jones, earned a doctorate in medicine from the University of Washington School of Medicine. Jones is a graduate of Lewis and Clark High School.

Five honor students from Rogers High School presented Mothers Against Drunk Driving with their $500 winnings from the Citizens League Contest.

The first-place winners and donors are: Lisa Chaffee, Elizabeth Dahl, Ileia Evenson, Orlia Pajimola and Maliaka Schneider.

Matthew S. Staben, Spokane, graduated cum laude in computer science from Gallaudt University in Washington, D.C.

Gallaudt is the only four-year liberal arts university for students who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Ken Cathcart, a Spokane endrocrinologist, received the Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award for Washington state at a statewide conference in Bellevue.

In addition, three Spokane-area residents were honored with Chapter Service Awards for Eastern Washington and North Idaho: Cindy Cawyer, Lola Wong and Polly Carlson.

Christina Ann Keneally, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Keneally, Greenacres, received a Bachelor of Science in nursing from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn.

Justin S. Beal, son of Stephen and Lynette Beal, Airway Heights, was named to the Dean’s List at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Ariz., for the spring semester.

William Rafferty, son of William and Catherine Rafferty, Spokane, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.

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