Bob Duggan is an  passionate  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and  went to St. Francis High School in Mountain View where he played basketball. He also  delighted in swimming and  browsing. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. As captain of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball  group, he led his fraternity to the season's  success. <br> When they  wed they lived in Malibu where they  frequently  delighted in swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A huge soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer  group, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion however is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  unbelievably taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were three years old! Even today, the family enjoys an annual ten-day  browsing  journey together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his  clients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He lectures and  carries out workshops  country wide and internationally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the  very first acupuncture clinics in the state and the country and has  acted as <a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Bob-Duggan-Uc-Santa-Barbara-Gauchos/5274176">advice</a> chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has  affirmed  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 philosophy,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.