Bob Duggan is an  devoted  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and  went to St. Francis High School in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise enjoyed swimming and  browsing. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. As captain of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball team, he led his fraternity to the  period's  success. <br> When they  wed they lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They  used up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <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  pals. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the  household  delights in an annual ten-day  browsing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He lectures and  performs workshops nationally and  globally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and 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  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has testified  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  Residence Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in philosophy,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  functioned as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from  New york city University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He <a href="http://william17p0wqkblog.postbit.com/pharmacyclics.html">linked here</a> is a  country wide  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.