Dr. James M. Owston, dean of distance learning at Mountain State University, has been accepted as a member into Mensa.
Founded in 1946, Mensa is an international high intelligence society that draws its membership from those with IQ scores within the top 2 percent of the population. Membership is based upon scoring within the 98th percentile on a qualifying exam. Owston's score on the Miller's Analogies Test placed him within the 99.55th percentile.
Mensa currently has 110,000 members worldwide with 57,000 living in the United States. In addition to his administrative duties, Owston also is an associate professor and has been teaching communication courses at MSU since 1991.
Prior to his full-time employment at MSU, he taught for both West Virginia State University and Marshall University.
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02/22/2012
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