Mr. And Mrs. Gary Albert Dieterich, of Babylon, announce the engagement of their daughter Lara Elizabeth to Brian Lewis Manning, the son of Barbara Polan and Thomas A. Manning of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Lara is a 2002 graduate of Babylon High School and a 2006 graduate of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. She is pursuing her MSED in counseling at Hofstra University. Brian, also a graduate of Trinity College is CEO of 360 Sports Software, LLC.

A July 2008 wedding is planned.