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  wed they lived in Malibu where they regularly  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A  big soccer fan after coaching his children's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his family and  exceptionally taught each of his children to  browse by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the family  delights in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports loving person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  worldwide, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture  given that 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  centers in the state and the country and has  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed before 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  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  approach, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  worked as <a href="http://All4Webs.com/t/f/saulyp037hw">blog here</a> a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Research studies from  New york city 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  across the country certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.