Bob Duggan is an  devoted  sportsperson and has been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and  went to 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  triumph. <br> When they  wed they lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise  went into in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer team, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is  browsing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his  household and  unbelievably taught each of his children to  browse by the time they were  3 years old! Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. Bob has been a sports loving person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his patients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Usual Sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on community, wellness and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops  country wide and internationally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and  has actually served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and  health. He  has actually  affirmed before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  approach, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from  New <a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Robert-Duggan-Uc-Santa-Barbara-Gauchos/5276611">visit this page</a> york city University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  across the country certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.