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 enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski trips to Aspen. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  good friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  unbelievably taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were  3 years old! Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  worldwide, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, 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  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has  affirmed before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at meetings 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> <a href="http://logan47k8jynblog.unblog.fr/2014/12/23/bob-duggan-overview-coming-from-all-san-nicolas-dorm-here-at-uc-santa-barbara/">find</a> 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. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.