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 lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <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  training his children'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  biggest life-long athletic passion however is  browsing. 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 inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy  will certainly be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  worldwide, including the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and has  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He has  affirmed  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  Home <a href="http://All4Webs.com/t/f/zurivm815cq">visit this site</a> Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  across the country  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.