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 regularly  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a  relationship 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  close friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national 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. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of Common Sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on community,  health and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and  globally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, <a href="http://www.kiwibox.com/hailey148kzodbl/blog">Website</a> Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and  has actually  functioned 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  medication and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed before 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 Alternative  Medication. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in philosophy,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Research studies 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 Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.