Blair Hontz & Robert Bassett

Karen and Roger Hontz of Holland, Penn., announce the engagement of their daughter, Blair, to Captain Robert A. Bassett, son of Bob and Vicki Bassett of Newtown.

Dr Hontz graduated from Council Rock High School, in Newtown, Penn. She then attended LaSalle University, where she played varsity soccer and earned a degree in biology. She graduated from Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine and is currently a senior resident in emergency medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia.

Capt Bassett graduated from Newtown High School. He attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., where he played varsity basketball and earned a degree in biology. He graduated from Pennsylvania College of Osteopathic Medicine, completed his emergency medicine residency at University of Indiana Hospital in Indianapolis, and is a board certified emergency room doctor.

Capt Bassett is currently deployed in Baghdad, Iraq, with the 86th Combat Support Hospital. Just prior to his deployment, he was Chief of Emergency Medicine at Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital in Fort Polk, La.

The couple plans to be married in 2001 after Capt Bassett’s return from Iraq.