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  delighted in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able 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 championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred  browsing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his  household and  extremely taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. Bob has been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present <a href="http://ryan888v8vw8.exteen.com/20141222/bob-duggan-overview-of-the-san-nicolas-dorm-from-uc-santa-ba">read</a> for inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of Common Sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on community, wellness and public policy  will certainly be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops nationally and  globally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced  standard acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among 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  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and  health. He has  affirmed before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at meetings 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  approach, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith 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  across the country certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.