80 JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2026 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL the University of Rhode Island, Boston University School of Law, and Southern Methodist University. Mr. Carter joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1965. During a distinguished career with the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), primarily as a regional legal adviser, he served overseas in Vietnam, South Korea, Egypt, Pakistan, and Barbados. Colleagues remember his steady professionalism, intellectual curiosity, and ability to build friendships across cultures. After retiring from government service in 1993, he continued to travel widely as a consultant and adviser, work he found as rewarding as his diplomatic years. Mr. Carter was as industrious in retirement as during his career. A gifted photographer, he recorded tens of thousands of images from his travels and shared them through slideshows that turned evenings at home into journeys around the world. He also pursued painting—producing watercolors of mountains, ships, and city skylines—and devoted himself to model shipbuilding, constructing an extensive collection of handmade model warships and passenger liners, reconstructed from both photographs and original ship plans. A substantial portion of his work is on display at the U.S. Naval War College Museum in Newport, R.I., where his models have been recognized for their craftsmanship and historical fidelity. As a lifelong fan of the Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics, Mr. Carter admired Ted Williams and followed his hometown teams from every corner of the world. An avid reader throughout his life—especially of history, World War II, and international affairs—he had a tireless thirst for knowledge. In accordance with his wishes, his ashes were scattered in the waters off Newport, where Narragansett Bay opens to the Atlantic Ocean. Mr. Carter is survived by his wife, Virginia Carter, of Reston, Va.; his children, Ted, Randy, and Laurie; and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. n William “Bill” Dameron, 83, a retired Foreign Service officer and former U.S. ambassador to Mali, passed away on August 4, 2025, following an aggressive onset of lung cancer. Mr. Dameron was born in Dallas, Texas, and raised in Boone and Warrenton, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga. His father, Bill Jr., was an early pilot for Braniff, and his mother, Jerry, was one of their first stewardesses. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating with a degree in industrial management in 1964. He participated in Caterpillar Tractor Company’s Management Preparatory Program and later obtained his MBA from Georgia State University. In 1969 Mr. Dameron joined the U.S. Foreign Service, traveling to his first post, Tripoli, with his then-wife, Eileen Mahaffey Dameron; their daughter, Phoebe; and two cats. It was the beginning of a career that would take him to Nigeria, Hungary, and Norway, before culminating in an ambassadorship to Mali in 1992. Ambassador Dameron’s focus was largely on the field of economics, and he held multiple positions in the State Department’s European and African bureaus, including as office director in the Bureau of African Affairs (AF) and as an acting assistant secretary in AF under Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs FSO Hank Cohen. Amb. Dameron and his current wife, Diana Montgomery Dameron, also a Foreign Service officer, retired in 1995 to Portland, Ore., to be closer to friends and family. There, they made a wide circle of friends and fell in love with the city’s ethos, cultural opportunities, food scene, and proximity to some of nature’s most beautiful settings. Amb. Dameron was devoted to performing and supporting classical music. He played the sousaphone in his high school marching band, and as an adult, he learned to play oboe, English horn, and later bassoon. He played in community orchestras and was able to enjoy performing even more after retirement. In Portland, he was a member of the Oregon Sinfonietta for 26 years. He was on the board of Chamber Music Northwest, serving a term as board president. He also volunteered for Oregon Sinfonietta as personnel coordinator and wrote the program notes. Avid opera fans, the Damerons traveled widely to attend performances in historic opera houses. Amb. Dameron also rekindled his childhood love of minerals, and together he and his wife contributed mineral displays annually at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Amb. Dameron served on both national and regional boards of the Friends of Mineralogy. Despite his waning health, Amb. Dameron was able to enjoy many celebrations, musical performances, and visits from friends and family in the months preceding his death and consistently expressed how lucky he felt. Amb. Dameron is survived by his wife, Diana; sister Linda (and her husband, Leonard) Himes; daughter Phoebe (and her husband, Jason Ham); and granddaughter Hannah Dameron. n Araceli H. Enano, 62, a retired Foreign Service specialist, passed away peacefully at home in Houston, Texas, on August 26, 2025, after living courageously with sarcoma. Ms. Enano was born on May 2, 1963, in Tokyo to Yasui H. Enano and Mariano
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