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  resided in Malibu where they  routinely  delighted in swimming, surfing and annual ski trips to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also entered in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <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  close friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred  browsing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  unbelievably 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  journey together. Bob has been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  worldwide,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced traditional acupuncture  considering 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  centers 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  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He has 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  Home Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> <a href="http://ethan71u1ukbblog.soup.io/post/508716225/Bob-Duggan-Overview-Using-San-Nicolas-Dorm">over at this website</a> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Research studies from  New york city 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  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  across the country  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.