From cultxpt@primenet.com Mon May  1 20:32:16 BST 1995

   It appears that the first posting of Hubbard's grades has mysteriously 
disappeared from my site.  I was going to followup with more info. but 
couldn't find the original post anymore.  
   I was going to add that Sequoia University, according to Paulette 
Cooper's the Scandal of Scientology, "was originally called the College 
of Drugless Healing... since it has been traced by the United States 
government to a residential dwelling in Los Angeles which operated 
through a post office box and delivered mail order doctorates without the 
formality of exams, or for that matter, of classroom attendance." (p.163)
   Here's the original post;

>From news.primenet.com!cultxpt Thu Apr 20 18:14:11 1995
Subject: Hubbard's degrees - how many?
Date: 21 Apr 1995 01:13:17 GMT
Message-ID: <3n70rd$s0e@news.primenet.com>

   I was snooping around today looking to see what type of degrees 
Hubbard claimed to have.  Below is what I came up with.

"L. Ron Hubbard, one of America's first nuclear physicists, ..." [inside 
jacket of All About Radiation].  When did he get his degree in nuclear 
physics?  This requires a PhD, does it not?  when did he study?  Where 
did he get this degree?

"...L. Ron Hubbard was trained in mathematics, science and engineering at 
George Washington University, in government at Princeton and has a Doctor 
of Philosophy degree."  [inside jacket of A History of Man]  Same 
questions; where did he get this degree?  When?  When did he study for this?

"I was a Ph.D., Sequoia's University and therefore a perfectly valid 
doctor under the laws of the State of California." [HCOPL 14 Feb. 1966 
"Doctor Title Abolished"].  In this HCOPL LRH says he does not want to be 
called "doctor" anymore.  Has anyone heard of Sequoia University in 
California?  Is this one of those diploma mills where you just write and 
they send you a degree?  Was this for the Philosophy or Nuclear Physics 
degree?  When did he study for this?

   I have some of the Shannon research, and he got Hubbard's transcripts 
from George Washington University.  Here are the transcripts;

1930-31 1st semester

English 1/2, Rhetoric       C
General Chemistry 3/4       D
Mechanical Engineering 3/4  B
Analytical Geometry         F
Physical Education          C
First year German           E
Civil Engineering           B

2nd semester

English 1/2 Rhetoric        B
General Chemistry 3/4       D
Mechanical Engineering      C
Physical Education          A
First year German           F
Differential Calculus       F

1931-2  1st semester

Physics, dynamics of sound
and light                   E
Differential Calculus       D
Integral Calculus
Plane Anal. Geometry        D
English, short stories      B

2nd semester

Integral Calculus           D
English, Short Stories      B
Physics, electricity 
and magnetism               D
Nuclear Physics             F


The GPA comes to a D.

   And this is the guy who got at least 2 Ph.D.'s???  Wow.  Shannon says 
he was asked to leave after the second year due to poor grades.