He grew up in San Jose and attended 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  delighted in swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  took pleasure in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  close friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion however is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  extremely taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were three years old! Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. Bob has been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He lectures and  carries out workshops  country wide and  worldwide,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior  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  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has testified  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White House Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon <a href="http://All4Webs.com/t/f/selahjz370pe">top article</a> Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.