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  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a  significant  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his  household and  unbelievably taught each of his  kids to  browse by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the  household enjoys an annual ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob has been a sports loving person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He lectures and  performs workshops  country wide and  worldwide,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced  standard acupuncture  considering 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  nation and  has actually  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He has  affirmed  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, <a href="http://cooling39x4fzsblog.hatenablog.com/entries/2014/12/22">over here</a> Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Home 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,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually 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.