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 regularly  delighted in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  used up running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He also 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 was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A  big soccer fan after  training his children'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 passion however is  browsing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and  customers to see new possibilities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the Healing Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops  country wide and internationally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced  <a href="http://blog.easybranches.com/activity-streams/p/1091514/">i thought about this</a> 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  centers in the state and the country and has  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  country wide  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.