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  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and annual ski trips 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 Champion. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A  big soccer fan after  training his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his  household and incredibly taught each of his children to surf by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new possibilities. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and  globally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior Faculty, 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  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and wellness. 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 House Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural <a href="http://profitblog72e7mfzblog.soup.io/post/510199725/Bob-Duggan-Pick-Out-A-Colleges-During">website here</a> communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.