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 lived in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his children's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his  preferred  browsing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his  household and  exceptionally taught each of his children to  browse by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the  household enjoys an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob has been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and internationally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced traditional acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture clinics in the state and the country and  has actually  acted as chairman of the <a href="http://alexander82v2ujzblog.edublogs.org/2014/12/22/robert-duggan-uc-santa-barbara-ventura-center-learners-fight-closing/">helpful hints</a> Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine 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 Alternative Medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  approach,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made 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  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.