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  resided in Malibu where they  frequently  delighted in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise entered in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  good friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new possibilities. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and  worldwide, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced  standard acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the  very first acupuncture clinics in the state and the  nation and has  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and wellness. He  has actually testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National <a href="http://daniel72w2xndblog.postbit.com/esi-shooting.html">you can check here</a> Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence 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  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Researches from  New york city 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  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  across the country  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.