Bob Duggan is an  devoted sportsman and has been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Senior high school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He also  delighted 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  success. <br> When they married they  stayed in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise  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  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a <a href="http://joshyn603z3xm8.exteen.com/20141221/robert-duggan-searching-for-a-education-and-learning-during-">find more information</a> major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new possibilities. He lectures and  performs workshops nationally and  globally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  considering that 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  centers in the state and the country and has  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine 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 Alternative 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  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.