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 lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A huge soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  enthusiasm 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 children to  browse by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the family  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  clients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and internationally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and  has actually served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  <a href="http://www.kiwibox.com/joseph04c4bpebl/blog">their explanation</a> companies on complementary medicine and  health. He  has actually testified  prior to 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  Natural medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  approach, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned 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 Seminary. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  across the country certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.