Jerome and Anna Booth of Vicksburg announce the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Emilee of Princeton, N.J., to Richard Scott Chapman, also of Princeton. Mr. Chapman is the son of Matthew and Lillian Chapman of Portland, Ore.

Miss Booth is the granddaughter of Keiko Reddoch of Vicksburg and the late Donald Reddoch and the late William and Elizabeth Booth.

Mr. Chapman is the grandson of Charlotte Richards of Portland and the late Thomas L. Richards and the late J. Donald and Regan M. Chapman.

The bride-elect is a 2005 graduate of St. Aloysius High School. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 2009.

Miss Booth is pursuing a Ph.D. in politics at Princeton University.

The prospective groom is a 2005 graduate of Central Catholic in Portland. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 2009.

Mr. Chapman is a research assistant and programmer at Mathematica Policy Research.

Vows will be exchanged June 25, 2011, at St. Paul Catholic Church.