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  resided in Malibu where they  frequently  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise  went into in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <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  big soccer fan after coaching his children's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion however is  browsing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy  will certainly be  released in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and  worldwide,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually practiced  standard acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the  very first acupuncture clinics in the state and the country and  has actually served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and  health. He  has actually testified before the Senate <a href="http://william92n0odsblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/esi-shooting/">like this</a> 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 Medicine. He has 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 served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.