He grew up in San Jose and  went to 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  delighted in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  used 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  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed 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  pals. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion however is  browsing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and  worldwide,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  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  country wide  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He <a href="http://www.ethan60p9ncrblog.myblog.de/ethan60p9ncrblog">his response</a> has testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.