He grew up in San Jose and attended 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  resided in Malibu where they  frequently  delighted in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  used up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise entered in the  uneven 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  pals. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his family and  unbelievably taught each of his children to  browse by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the  household  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring person all his <a href="http://daniel71v1shxblog.postbit.com/dr-mcrorie-celebration.html">blog</a> life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Usual Sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy  will certainly be  released in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and  worldwide, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, 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  nation and has  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He has testified 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 House 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 philosophy,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.