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Cary Vaughan

Cary Vaughan
Nationality American
Occupation Teacher, journalist
Known for Work on behalf of Terry A. Anderson
Spouse(s) Bill Foley
Awards International Press Freedom Award (1991)

Cary Vaughan is an American English language instructor and journalist best known for her role in the Terry A. Anderson hostage crisis in Lebanon. An instructor at the American University of Beirut and a part-time worker at Associated Press bureau there, Vaughan and her husband Bill Foley, an AP photojournalist, were friends with Anderson prior to his abduction. Following his abduction by Hezbollah militants, Vaughan and Foley worked to secure his release. For their efforts, the pair received one of the first International Press Freedom Awards from the Committee to Protect Journalists in 1991.



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