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 regularly  delighted in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They  used up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise entered in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  good friends. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on community, wellness and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and  globally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  standard acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one <a href="http://www.ethan94i9rkeblog.myblog.de/ethan94i9rkeblog">official site</a> of the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and has  acted 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 organizations on complementary medicine and wellness. 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 House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  approach,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Research studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.