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 married they  stayed in Malibu where they  frequently  delighted in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  used 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 hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship 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  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He is the author of  Usual Sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on community,  health and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and  worldwide,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced traditional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and has served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and wellness. He has testified before 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 House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Research studies 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 United Kingdom. He is a nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture <a href="http://61b5hatblog.soup.io/post/510133367/Bob-Duggan-10-Parameters-In-Deciding-Upon">page</a> and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.