Kenson Siver is the Director of Information Services for the Southfield Public Schools. He has been employed by the Southfield Board of Education since 1967. His present duties include community relations, media relations and management of the school district's educational cable television station ED TV 16).
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Oakland University and a Masters and a doctorate in Educational Administration from Wayne State University. Siver's community involvement includes:
Magnolia Neighborhood Assn. Board of Directors -- 1974 to present
President (1980-83) Treasurer (1995 to present)
Martin Luther King Task Force -- 1984 to present
Vice President (1992-96) Treasurer (1999 to present)
Southfield Area Council PTA -- 1985 to present
Nancy Widman Award winner (1995)
Southfield Historical Society -- 1986-1998
President (1992-98)
South Oakland NAACP -- 1990s to present
NAACP Community Service Award (1992-93)
Member of the Education Committee (2000-01)
National Volunteer Day -- Southfield Coordinating Committee
National Make A Difference Day -- Southfield Coordinating Committee
Service on various community committees & projects, including:
City of Southfield 20/20, Southfield Census 2000, City of Southfield
Marketing Committee, city/school ethnic festivals, city history tours
Siver is the Southfield School District historian and the author of numerous journal articles and two Southfield histories. He authored "Southfield Faces the Crucial Decades," a study of the post-World War II development in Southfield as it paralleled national trends and social forces and "A Brief History of Southfield," a work that is widely used in school classrooms in the city.
Additionally, Siver served as the national president of the Journalism Education Association from 1987 to 1993, was a trustee of the Michigan School Public Relations Association and a former president of the Oakland County School Public Relations Association. And finally, he is the recipient of numerous awards for his work in promoting scholastic journalism.