Q Who is L. Ron Hubbard?

A L. Ron Hubbard was a writer, philosopher and humanitarian who founded the Scientology religion. He passed away on January 24, 1986.

As a prolific and popular author, Mr. Hubbard is best known for his works on Dianetics and Scientology—but his body of fiction and non-fiction works comprises more than 100 million words distributed in 65 countries and 52 languages. He wrote on the subjects of education, drug rehabilitation, morals, art and many other areas.

A remarkable man of many accomplishments, his legacy includes:

A drug rehabilitation program that has freed more than 250,000 people from the scourge of drugs. Today, this program is administered by Narconon International in 50 centers in 21 countries.

A study technology that is used today in 29 countries and on 6 continents, ranging from China to the black townships of South Africa and the inner cities of the United States. More than three million people around the world have attained literacy through the work of the organization that administers this technology, Applied Scholastics International.

The first non-religious moral code based wholly on common sense. This new moral code, which can be used by anyone to improve their lives, is presented by Mr. Hubbard in his booklet The Way to Happiness. Fifty million copies have been distributed internationally in 22 languages.

A method for hard-core criminals to increase responsibility, regain their self-respect and fully rehabilitate themselves through the Criminon program. This program, utilizes The Way to Happiness booklet and operates in hundreds of correctional facilities throughout the United States.


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