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  stayed in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as 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 enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion however is surfing. Even today, the family enjoys an annual ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his patients and clients to see new possibilities. He lectures and  performs workshops  across the country and  worldwide,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually practiced  conventional 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 clinics in the state and the  nation and  has actually  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and  health. He  has actually testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes <a href="http://nathan59q0qhxblog.postbit.com/robert-duggan-facebook.html">click</a> 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 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  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.