Bonnie and Elliot Cowan of Rockville and Phyllis and David Coburn of Potomac announce the engagement of their children Marnina Weinberg Cowan and Seth Russell Coburn. Marnina is the granddaughter of Joyce and Rudy (z”l) Fischer of Silver Spring and Lorraine and Alfred (z”l) Cowan of Philadelphia, Pa., and Joseph Weinberg (z”l) of St. Louis, Mo. Seth is the grandson of Ida and Perry (z”l) Coburn of Boynton Beach, Florida and Aaron (z”l) and Helen (z”l) Brenner of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Both Marnina and Seth are graduates of Brandeis University.
Marnina, a graduate of The Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, is currently a graduate student at the Boston University School of Public Health. Seth is a graduate of Churchill High School and is currently a graduate student at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. Wedding plans are for fall 2014.