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  frequently enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise entered in the  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a  significant  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He lectures and  performs workshops nationally and internationally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced traditional acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the first acupuncture clinics in the state and the  nation and has served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and  health. He has 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  Natural medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  approach,  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 <a href="http://totallypleasantkoalawilliam16p2a.tumblr.com/post/105520576967/esi-executive-protection">more helpful hints</a> and  Neighborhood  Research studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  country wide certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.