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 married they lived in Malibu where they regularly  delighted in swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship 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  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was awarded a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion however is  browsing. Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an  yearly ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He lectures and  performs workshops  across the country and  worldwide,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture since 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 clinics in the state and the country and  has actually  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged thought leader, <a href="http://ourstage.com/profile/mvvopmijxiie/wall_items">try this website</a> speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and wellness. He  has actually testified  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Researches from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology 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 nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.