Former Batavia resident Terry Anderson -- known internationally as the former Middle East Bureau Chief for Associated Press who was taken hostage in Lebanon for six years -- will serve as a visiting professor at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Anderson, most recently a journalism professor the University of Kentucky, will hold a temporary appointment in the Department of Newspaper and Online Journalism and give guest lectures and teach classes on several subjects, including international reporting.
While Anderson was in Batavia in February to support the planned International Peace Garden, he told reporters he would like to return to Upstate New York.
Anderson, who holds a bachelor's degree from Iowa State University, has also taught at Columbia University and Ohio University’s Scripps School of Journalism. Anderson is a former Marine who worked as a combat correspondent during the Vietnam War.
Anderson's appointment is for the 2011-12 academic year.
Photo from Anderson's recent visit to Batavia, as he signs a copy of one of his many books for Jim Owen.
