He grew up in San Jose and  went to St. Francis High School in Mountain View where he played basketball. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. <br> When they  wed they lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his  household and incredibly taught each of his  kids to  browse by the time they were three years old! Even today, the  household enjoys an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. Bob has been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops nationally and internationally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced  standard acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and has served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and  health. He has  affirmed  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and <a href="http://noah50y4hbublog.soup.io/post/509155784/Bob-Duggan-Uc-Santa-Barbara-Gauchos">click over here</a> has been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He  has actually 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. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.