He grew up in San Jose and attended 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  routinely  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise  went into in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his children's soccer team, he was awarded a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is  browsing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his family and  extremely taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were three years old! Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing trip together. Bob has been a sports loving person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his  clients and clients to see new possibilities. He lectures and conducts workshops nationally and internationally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced  standard acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is <a href="http://james26g5dqfblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/robert-duggan-choosing-a-varsity-during-the-college-search/">check it out</a> Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of 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 nationally recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and wellness. He has testified 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 House Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  functioned as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Researches from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology 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  across the country  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.