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 married they lived in Malibu where they regularly enjoyed swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  good friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his  household and  unbelievably taught each of his  youngsters to surf by the time they were three years old! Even today, the  household  delights in an  yearly ten-day  browsing  journey together. Bob has been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his patients and clients to see new possibilities. He lectures and  performs workshops  country wide and internationally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and has  acted 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 organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has  affirmed before 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  Residence Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board <a href="http://jaydra936i6fu1.exteen.com/20141223/robert-duggan-uc-santa-barbara-gauchos">straight from the source</a> of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Researches 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 Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  country wide  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.