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  resided in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise  went into in the  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer team, he was awarded a  college  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm however is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred  browsing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his family and  unbelievably taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the family enjoys an annual ten-day surfing trip together. Bob has been a sports loving person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and internationally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced traditional acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  <a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Bob-Duggan-Uc-Santa-Barbara-Gauchos/5282297">visit this page</a> among the first acupuncture clinics in the state and the  nation and  has actually  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He has  affirmed  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Home 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  approach, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  functioned as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  across the country certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.