Bob Duggan is an  devoted  sportsperson and has been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Secondary school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise  delighted in swimming and  browsing. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. As captain of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball team, he led his fraternity to the  period's victory. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  close friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his children's soccer team, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion however is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his family and  exceptionally taught each of his  kids to  browse by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day  browsing  journey together. Bob has been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and  globally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one <a href="http://www.23hq.com/logan26i7jzpblog/story/18936050">Visit Website</a> of the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and  has actually  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.