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  stayed in Malibu where they  frequently  delighted in swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  used up running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise entered in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <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  pals. 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 greatest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is  browsing. Even today, the family enjoys an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients <a href="http://www.purevolume.com/listeners/jayden28v4hebblog/posts/1292619/Robert+Duggan+Uc+Santa+Barbara+Ventura+Center+Learners+Fight+Closure">blog here</a> and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He lectures and  carries out workshops  country wide and internationally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually practiced traditional 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  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  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He has testified  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 House 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  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Researches from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  country wide certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.