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 lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  close friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and clients to see new  opportunities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops <a href="http://All4Webs.com/t/f/hugojb481sg">Get More Info</a> nationally and  globally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture  given 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  worked 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  medication and wellness. He has  affirmed  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.