Bob Duggan is an  devoted sportsman and  has actually been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Senior high school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He also  took pleasure 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 season's  triumph. <br> When they  wed they  resided in Malibu where they  routinely  delighted in swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. 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  significant supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is  browsing. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  worldwide, including the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced  standard acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior  <a href="http://All4Webs.com/t/f/ellehx369nc">Resources</a> 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 served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed before 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  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  approach,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.