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  stayed in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and annual ski trips to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He also entered in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A huge soccer fan after coaching his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a  college  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the family  delights in an annual ten-day  browsing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Good sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  country wide and  globally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  career, 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 one of 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  country wide  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and  health. He has testified  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White House 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, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's  Academy. His <a href="http://www.john73h9snfblog.myblog.de/john73h9snfblog">official source</a> master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  country wide  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.