Bob Duggan is an  devoted  sportsperson and has been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Secondary school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He also  delighted in swimming and  browsing. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. As captain of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball team, he led his fraternity to the  period's victory. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  exceptionally taught each of his  youngsters to surf by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  globally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of <a href="http://ourstage.com/profile/kjidlbthexvw/wall_items">why not try this out</a> Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and has  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and  health. He  has actually testified  prior to 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 House Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  functioned as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Researches from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a nationally  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.