Board Bios
Ken grew up in Wisconsin, attended Ripon College, graduated from the
University of Wisconsin, and received a Ph.D. from the University of
Washington.
After studying at the British Museum in London under a Woodrow Wilson fellowship, he wrote a dissertation on Shakespeare’s Last Plays. After teaching Shakespeare and medieval and Renaissance literature at the University of Kentucky for over six years, he was called to priesthood in the Episcopal Church, attended seminary in Chicago and served parishes in Chicago, Michigan, El Paso, Rome (Italy), St. Louis, Vail, and Phoenix. In Phoenix, he was an intermediary for anonymous benefactors who sponsored a family of four displaced by hurricane Katrina.
Ken is presently rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith, a downtown church in Santa Fe where he is touched by regular encounters with homeless men and women, sometimes with children, whose heart-wrenching stories reinforce his desire to be proactive in helping “the least of these.” Ken has been active in working with the homeless people of Santa Fe since the week he moved to town several years ago.
In other places he has been instrumental in establishing hospices, counseling centers, and other social services.
Ken is also an accredited professional ski instructor and teaches part time at the Ernie Blake Ski School in Taos. Married to Caroline, they have four children and six grandchildren.
After studying at the British Museum in London under a Woodrow Wilson fellowship, he wrote a dissertation on Shakespeare’s Last Plays. After teaching Shakespeare and medieval and Renaissance literature at the University of Kentucky for over six years, he was called to priesthood in the Episcopal Church, attended seminary in Chicago and served parishes in Chicago, Michigan, El Paso, Rome (Italy), St. Louis, Vail, and Phoenix. In Phoenix, he was an intermediary for anonymous benefactors who sponsored a family of four displaced by hurricane Katrina.
Ken is presently rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Faith, a downtown church in Santa Fe where he is touched by regular encounters with homeless men and women, sometimes with children, whose heart-wrenching stories reinforce his desire to be proactive in helping “the least of these.” Ken has been active in working with the homeless people of Santa Fe since the week he moved to town several years ago.
In other places he has been instrumental in establishing hospices, counseling centers, and other social services.
Ken is also an accredited professional ski instructor and teaches part time at the Ernie Blake Ski School in Taos. Married to Caroline, they have four children and six grandchildren.
The Rev. Dr. Kenneth Semon
Interfaith Community Shelter Group P.O. Box 22653 Santa Fe, NM 87502
