He grew up in San Jose and attended 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 married they lived in Malibu where they  routinely  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and annual ski trips to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A huge soccer fan after  training his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate 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  interest  nevertheless is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his family and  extremely taught each of his  kids to  browse by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the  household  delights in an  yearly ten-day  browsing  journey together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He is the author of  Good sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on community, wellness and public policy  will certainly 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  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced  standard acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior  Professors, 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  nation and  has actually  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He  has actually testified before the Senate Committee on <a href="http://matthew04b4yodblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/hwarangdo/">like it</a> Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White House Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Research studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.