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 married they lived in Malibu where they  routinely  delighted in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A huge soccer fan after coaching his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a  college  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm however is  browsing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and incredibly taught each of his  kids to  browse by the time they were three years old! Even today, the  household enjoys an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob has been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and internationally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer <a href="http://www.daniel71s0qetblog.myblog.de/daniel71s0qetblog">More about the author</a> for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  standard acupuncture since 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 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  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. 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  Home Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He has 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 actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Researches from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.