Dr. and Mrs. Paul Cushman Jr. of New York have made known the engagement of their daughter, Clare Hepburn Cushman, to Amedee Stephane Prouvost, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Amedee Prouvost of Paris.

Mrs. Craig W. Casey of Greenwich, Conn., has made known the engagement of her daughter Sarah Wendell Casey to Charles Lockwood Forbes, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Forbes of Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Pincus of New York have made known the engagement of their daughter, Michele Amy Pincus, to James Frederick Eller, a son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Milton Eller of North Woodmere, L.I.

Mrs. Chester Alexander of Gloucester, Va., has made known the engagement of her daughter, Anne Stokes Alexander, to Davis Ratcliffe Marshall, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Beverley R. W. Marshall of Gloucester.

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Getler of Alexandria, Va., have made known the engagement of their daughter, Belinda Getler, to Pascal Norman Levinsohn, a son of Rita Levinsohn of Wellington, Fla., and the late Philip Levinsohn.

Mr. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid of Bedford Hills, N.Y., have made known the engagement of their daughter, Gina Rogers Reid, to Eric Bell, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Bell of New York.

Jayne H. Gallagher of New York and Washington has made known the engagement of her daughter, Elizabeth Jayne Gallagher, to William Michael McManus Jr., a son of Mr. and Mrs. McManus of Rockville Centre, L.I.

Virginia M. Paul of New York has made known the engagement of her daughter, Penny, to Michael Edward Moran, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Moran of Weston, Conn.

Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Shafer of New York have made known the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Anne Shafer, to Bart Robert Shachnow, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Shachnow of Rye, N.Y.

The mindset is born from decades of knowing too well the disappointments of being a mother to a son at Southbury.