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  wed they lived in Malibu where they regularly  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A  big soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his family and  unbelievably taught each of his  youngsters to  browse by the time they were three years old! Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and  customers to see new possibilities. He lectures and  performs workshops  country wide and  worldwide,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture since 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  country wide  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and wellness. He  has actually testified  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has 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  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood 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  <a href="waiting for link from Web 2.0 Blogs (5)">browse around this web-site</a> Uk. He is a nationally  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.