Bob Duggan is an avid  sportsperson and has been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and  went to St. Francis  Secondary school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He also  took pleasure in swimming and surfing. 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  resided in Malibu where they  routinely  delighted in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and finished 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 friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, <a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Bob-Duggan-10-Factors-In-Finding-The-Better-College/5281902">see it here</a> he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the  household enjoys an  yearly ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and  globally,  consisting of 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 one of the  very first acupuncture clinics in the state and the country and  has actually  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 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  approach, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.