Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Jones Harbert of Birmingham announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Kathryn Harbert, to John Frederick Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lewis Bryant.
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. Harriette Bull Dunn of Birmingham and the late Claude Dunn and Mrs. Marguerite Jones Harbert of Birmingham and the late John Murdoch Harbert III.
Miss Harbert is a graduate of Mountain Brook High School and the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in business. She was a member of Phi Mu sorority. She is employed in commercial real estate in New York City.
The prospective groom is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Vernon Bryant of Aiken, S.C., the late Patricia Brash Bryant and Mr. and Mrs. John Walker Gibson of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., and the late Elizabeth Carothers Gibson.
Mr. Bryant is a graduate of Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tenn., and Sewanee: The University of the South. He was a member of Kappa Alpha Order.
He is vice president at BlackRock in New York City.
The wedding is planned for July 7.
