Bob Duggan is an avid  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Secondary school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise  delighted in swimming and surfing. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. As captain of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball  group, he led his fraternity to the season's victory. <br> When they  wed they  resided in Malibu where they  routinely  delighted in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He also  went into in the  sloping 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  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his family and  extremely taught each of his  youngsters to surf by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob has been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his  clients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on community, wellness and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and internationally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture clinics in the state and the  nation and  has actually served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has testified before 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 <a href="http://37n9mbpblog.blog.com/2014/12/21/bob-duggan-10-grounds-in-buying-the-correctly-college/">you can find out more</a> 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 master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a nationally  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.