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 regularly  delighted in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  used up running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise  went into in the  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A huge soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer team, he was awarded a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Sound judgment 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 nationally and  globally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the <a href="http://www.joshua71w2wnfblog.myblog.de/joshua71w2wnfblog">internet</a> acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior Faculty, 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  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed 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  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He has 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 served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Research studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  across the country  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.