Ronald DeWolf (7 May, 1934 - 16 Sep, 1991), born Lafayette Ron Hubbard, Jr., also known as Nibs Hubbard, was the eldest child of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and Hubbard's first wife, Margaret Louise Grubb. Hubbard Jr. was born several months premature; his father constructed a makeshift incubator with a shoe box, later a cupboard drawer, and used blankets and an electric light bulb to keep the baby warm.Russell Miller, Bare-Faced Messiah, Chapter 4 Hubbard later claimed his birth was actually the product of a botched abortion his father attempted on his mother.

Hubbard Jr. helped his father in the early days of Scientology but later rejected his father and the organization, changing his name to Ronald DeWolf. In the 1980s, he sued for control of his father's estate, claiming his father was either dead or incompetent. His father was proved to still be alive, and when he died in 1986, he left his estate to the Religious Technology Center.

In a lengthy 1983 interview with Penthouse magazine, DeWolf stated that "99% of anything my father ever wrote or said about himself is untrue." In the same interview, he claimed his father was a con man, a Satanist, a KGB accomplice, and a drug addict. Scientology, he said, was little more than a cult that existed to make money.

DeWolf was named as co-author (with Bent Corydon) of the first edition of a highly critical book about Hubbard and the Church of Scientology titled "L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?" His author credit was removed from subsequent editions of the book. DeWolf claimed that his half-brother Quentin Hubbard was murdered by agents of his father.

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External links

• Penthouse interview with L. Ron Hubbard, Jr, 1983
• The 1982 Clearwater Hearings - video clips
• Ancestry Database Records

Scientology | 1934 births | 1991 deaths | Former Scientologists