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  wed they lived in Malibu where they  frequently  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  good friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer  group, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major supporter 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 spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his  household and  exceptionally taught each of his  youngsters to  browse by the time they were  3 years old! 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  present for inspiring his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and  globally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and <a href="http://matthew15e5drgblog.blog.com/2014/12/15/robert-duggan-walkers/">look what i found</a> President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and has  functioned 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 organizations on complementary medicine and wellness. He has  affirmed  prior to 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  Home Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He has 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 served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.