awards nationality spouse known_for article_title name occupation
international press freedom award -lrb- 1991 -rrb- american bill foley work on behalf of terry a. anderson cary vaughan
 cary vaughan teacher , journalist
cary vaughan

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 actively 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 .
