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  resided in Malibu where they  routinely  delighted in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous 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  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college  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  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred  browsing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his family and  unbelievably taught each of his children to  browse by the time they were  3 years old! Even today, the  household enjoys an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. Bob has been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops nationally and  globally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced traditional acupuncture  given 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  centers in the state and the country and  has actually  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He  has actually testified  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White House 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, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Researches from  New york city University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a nationally  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed <a href="http://www.kiwibox.com/andrew936ethwbl/blog">these details</a> acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.