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  wed they lived in Malibu where they  frequently  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also 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  good friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day  browsing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his patients and clients to see new  opportunities. He lectures and  carries out workshops  country wide and internationally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, 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  very first acupuncture clinics 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  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and wellness. He has testified 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  Medication. He has served <a href="http://www.purevolume.com/listeners/logan16f6etiblog/posts/1293720/Robert+Duggan+Pick+Out+A+Tech+School+During+Their+College+Search">his comment is here</a> on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from  New york city University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  across the country  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.