Bob Duggan is an avid  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Secondary school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He also  took pleasure in swimming and  browsing. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. As captain of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball  group, he led his fraternity to the  period's victory. <br> When they married they  resided in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He also  went into in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <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  buddies. A huge soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer team, he was awarded a  college  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is  browsing. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in <a href="http://www.23hq.com/david26i7jzpblog/story/19014398">Home Page</a> an annual ten-day  browsing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new possibilities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy  will certainly be  released in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops nationally and internationally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture  given that 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 country and has  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and  health. He  has actually  affirmed  prior to 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 of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in philosophy,  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 Community Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.