The DANA Cultural Center features the organization’s namesake, William Goodwin Dana, for the upcoming installation of the Saturday Speaker Series on July 18 at 2 p.m. The talk, to be presented by DANA Cultural Center board member Alan Daurio, is titled William Dana’s Asian Trade Experience.
Dana was a part of America’s burgeoning trade with East Asia in the early 19th century and resided in Canton, China, for two years and Calcutta, India, for one year before managing a trade depot in Hawaii. The young man’s experiences helped shape his career as a civic leader in Alta California and don of Rancho Nipomo.
Learn more from Daurio on July 18 at the DANA Cultural Center, 671 S. Oakglen Ave., Nipomo. Suggested donation is $5. More information is available at danaadobe.org.
This article appears in Jul 16-23, 2015.