He continued his education at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts, and at Amherst College.
After the war, Cary returned to the United States and married his wife Alice in 1944.
In 1947 Cary moved to Kyoto and joined the faculty of Doshisha University.
Cary and Alice lived in Doshisha's Amherst House dormitory.
After retiring, he moved to Oakland, California, where he died of pneumonia on April 14, 2006.