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  stayed in Malibu where they  routinely  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A huge soccer fan after coaching his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm however is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  extremely taught each of his children to  browse by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an  yearly ten-day  browsing  journey together. Bob has been a sports loving person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Typical Sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy  will certainly be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops nationally and  worldwide, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced  standard acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the  very first acupuncture clinics in the state and the country and  has actually  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He has  affirmed  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Home Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He has served on the board 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 served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Researches from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is <a href="https://cooling38q1vogblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/20/bob-duggan-10-grounds-in-fine-the-am-i-right-college/">next page</a> a nationally  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.