Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bryson Euwer of Mountain Brook announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristina Marie Euwer, to William Steven Cossen Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William Steven Cossen Sr. of Lexington, S.C.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gurzynski of Hindsale, Ill., and Mr. and Mrs. Don Euwer of Gahanna, Ohio.
Miss Euwer is a graduate of Mountain Brook High School and a 2004 graduate of Emory University in Atlanta with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and classics. She will graduate from Emory School of Medicine this May and will start her pediatric residency at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh this summer.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Mrs. Gilda Cossen and the late Mr. Wiliam Cossen of Freeport, N.Y., Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Strauss of Forest Hills, N.Y., and the late Mr. Arthur Zimmerman of Hicksville, N.Y.
Mr. Cossen is a 2008 graduate of Emory University with a bachelor’s degree in history and political science. He will receive his master’s degree in May from the Pennsylvania State University. He will continue as a doctoral candidate, studying 20th century American religion and labor.
The wedding is planned for May 19.