Charity's CEO Sees Young People as Key to Restoration of Antique City

At age 32, Michael John Dagon says he has found the job that he hopes will last a lifetime.

Mr. Dagon is the new executive director of Save Venice, a 36-year-old New York organization whose mission is to restore the city's artwork and architecture. Those valuable cultural resources were damaged by floods in 1966 that wracked Venice and Florence.

In response to the flooding, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization helped organize groups in more than

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