Bob Duggan is an  passionate sportsman and  has actually been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and  went to St. Francis High School in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise  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 team, he led his fraternity to the  period's victory. <br> When they married they  stayed in Malibu where they  routinely  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  close friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate  champion 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 passion however is  browsing. Even today, the  household  delights in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and internationally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer 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 first acupuncture  centers 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  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He  has actually testified  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 actually 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 Community  Researches from  New york city University <a href="http://houstonseo10x4eyqblog.soup.io/post/509233019/Bob-Duggan-Making-A-Decision-On-A">this article</a> and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.