Bob Duggan is an  devoted sportsman and has been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View where he played basketball. He also  delighted in swimming and surfing. 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  success. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He also entered in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and finished 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  pals. A huge soccer fan after  training his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred  browsing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  exceptionally taught each of his children to surf by the time they were  3 years old! 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  present for  motivating his  clients and clients to see new possibilities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy  will certainly be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  globally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced  standard acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior Faculty, 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 country and has  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He has testified 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 House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 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 actually  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from New York University and a master's degree in <a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Robert-Duggan-10-Reasons-In-Buying-The-Am-I-Right-College/5273465">linked here</a> Moral Theology 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  across the country  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.