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 married they lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <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 coaching his  kids's soccer team, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his family and  exceptionally taught each of his  youngsters to surf by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the  household enjoys an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new possibilities. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and  worldwide, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, 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  nation and  has actually  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He  has actually testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> <a href="http://ethan94h8ohcblog.edublogs.org/2014/12/23/robert-duggan-searching-for-a-higher-education-during-college-search/">go to this web-site</a> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.