Mrs. Jeanne Despres Michaud of Hudson, NH is pleased to announce the engagement of her daughter, Kathy M. Despres to Richard N. Castle, son of Cheryl Namay Castle of Windham, NH

and the grandson of the late Dr. and Mrs. N. Richard Namay of Lowell, MA.

Ms. Despres graduated from Alvirne High School in 1999, Bentley College in 2003 with a bachelors degree in Accounting and will receive her MBA from Babson College in the Spring of 2010. She is currently employed as an Accountant with Hittite Microwave Corporation in

Chelmsford, MA.

Mr. Castle is a 1998 graduate of Dracut High School. He attended the University of Massachusetts, graduating in 2002 and 2007 with both bachelors and masters degrees in Electrical Engineering. He is currently employed as an Electrical Engineer at Raytheon Company in Andover, MA.

An August 2010 wedding is planned in Haverhill, MA.