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  frequently  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and annual ski trips to Aspen. Bob  took pleasure in playing  lots of 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  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  extremely taught each of his children to surf by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the  household enjoys an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and clients to see new possibilities. He lectures and  performs workshops  across the <a href="http://profitbot40a5ibvblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/21/robert-duggan-10-grounds-in-acquiring-the-suitable-college/">like it</a> country and  worldwide,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  career, 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  centers 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 recognized  idea leader, 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  Home 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,  faith, 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  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.