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 regularly  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise entered in the  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his  household and incredibly taught each of his  kids to  browse by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports loving person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  worldwide, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, 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 one of the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country 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  companies on complementary <a href="http://www.purevolume.com/listeners/jayden40z5gatblog/posts/1284885/Robert+Duggan+Uc+Santa+Barbara+Ventura+Center+Followers+Fight+Closing">directory</a> medicine and wellness. He has testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.