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Another possible alumnus

Check out http://www.usps.com/judicial/1976deci/4-172.htm for a possible avenue of research. ←Spidern→ 13:39, 1 December 2008 (UTC)

Dubious Hubbard ownership

In the lead section, 'British State papers then revealed that in fact Sequoia University was personally owned by Hubbard and that Hubbard had therefore awarded himself his "Ph.D"'. Cited and true so far as it goes, but that 1970s UK report is contradicted by later and more detailed information about Hubbard and Sequoia, such as the de Mille telegram cited lower in the article. (Hubbard would hardly desperately have to ask for a degree if he owned the place, would he?) Speculating, Hubbard's habit of adding Sequoia University after his name on business cards might have confused the investigators.

It makes a good story, and on two other occasions Hubbard did award himself degrees (http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/mediawiki/index.php/Category:L._Ron_Hubbard), but in this case, it's just not true. If kept, that text should be moved out of the lead and qualified that Hubbard didn't own Sequoia. AndroidCat (talk) 14:07, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

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Delete the citation and related unverifiable quote.

There are 3 reasons for this deletion: 1) It is entirely unverifiable due to the fact that no "Expand!" magazine has ever existed.

2) It seems quite likely that the editor erred and intended to write "Advance!" for the citation, which did in fact exist. That issue however has no mention of Doctor of Philosophy or degrees. Full magazine here for reference - https://mikemcclaughry.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/advance-21-m.pdf

3) Furthermore, the full 1966 Rhodesian TV interview, which one can watch online or other locations, at no point mentioned a Doctor of Philosophy degree or any degrees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXI4CBvtS2E Iamsnag12 (talk) 06:10, 10 August 2018 (UTC)

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