User:Feoffer/sandbox Harry Ross Hubbard

Harry Ross Hubbard was a US Naval officer and author. He was the father of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard.

Early life
Harry born Henry August Wilson on August 31, 1886 in Fayette, Iowa to Samuel Wilson (b 1852, Minerva NY) and Jane Cardell (Abt 1855 - 1886). His mother died during the birth. An orphan, he was adopted by James Hubbard and wife, of Fredericksburg, Iowa. His adoptive parents renamed him 'Harry Ross Hubbard'.

Hubbard briefly attended a business college at Norma Springs, Iowa.

Adulthood
On September 1, 1904, the day after his eighteenth birthday,, Hubbard enlisted in the US navy for a four-year tour. While serving on the USS Pennsylvania as a yeoman, Hubbard composed "romantic tales of Navy life" for US newspapers.

After his first enlistment, he began work as a commercial teller in the advertising department of the Omaha World Herald.

On April 25, 1909, he married Ledora May Waterbury (1885 - 1959) in Omaha, Nebraska.

On March 13, 1911, Hubbard's only child "Lafayette Ronald Hubbard" was born in Tilden, Nebraska.

Hubbard worked at a Kalispell newspaper and in 1913, he became the manager of the "Family Theater" in Helena, Montana. For the next three years, he worked as a book-keeper for the Ives Smith Coal and Cattle Company, where he later worked as a wagon-driver. Harry Hubbard assisted his father-in-law at the the Capital City Coal Company.

Return to the Navy
When the US entered the first world war, Hubbard re-enlisted in the U.S. Navy on October 10, 1917.

In 1922, Hubbard was posted to the USS Oklahoma as assistant supply officer, which operated out of San Diego.

In 1926, Congress approved an act to credit Hubbard with $942.25.

On April 5, 1927, Hubbard was assigned to the U.S. Naval Station on Guam, where he ran the commissary. In 1929, Hubbard was a Disbursing Officer at the US Naval Hospital in Washington, DC.

By 1934, Hubbard had achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

Retirement
Hubbard retired from the Navy at the rank of Commander in 1946.

Hubbard died on December 9, 1975 in Bremerton, Washington.

=Yingling=

Monique Edwige Yingling is an attorney and spokesperson for the Church of Scientology.

Early Life
In 1969, Yingling graduated from Cathedral Academy in Camden, New Jersey. Yingling earned a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College in 1973, a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee in 1977, and a Master of Laws from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1984.

From 1978-1983, Yingling was a trial attorney with the Department of Justice's Tax Division. In 1983, Yingling was made an associate at the Washington DC law firm Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, where she is currently a partner.

Representation of the Church of Scientology
In the 1990s, Yingling represented the organization in its tax case against the IRS. In 2010, Yingling appeared on CNN in the wake of charges made by Marty Rathbun. In 2012, Yingling was profiled in an article titled "Meet The Highly Litigious Church Of Scientology's Most Trusted Lawyers" where one source described Yingling as "a key -- if not the key -- outside lawyer for the Church of Scientology. In 2013, Yingling gave a statement to the Tampa Bay Times. In 2015, the LA Times published a letter to the editor by Yingling criticizing Going Clear filmmaker Alex Gibney.

In April 2016, Yingling appeared on 20/20 to defended the organization against allegations made by Ron Miscavige, father of Church leader David Miscavige. In January 2017, Yingling was interviewed by 20/20's Dan Harris; in that interview Yingling claimed that Scientology does not oppose "Psychiatry in general".

Personal life
In 1983, Yingling was married to former deputy assistant attorney general and fellow Scientology tax attorney Gerald A. Feffer. The couple had two sons. In 1993, the couple's beach home renovations were featured in The Washington Post.