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  wed they lived in Malibu where they regularly  delighted in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  good friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his children's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his  household and  unbelievably taught each of his  kids to  browse by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the  household  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts <a href="http://william28s3eczblog.soup.io/post/509891803/Bob-Duggan-10-Important-Things-In-Making">like it</a> workshops  country wide and  worldwide, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture since 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 clinics in the state and the country and  has actually  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and  health. He  has actually testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence Commission on Complementary and  Natural 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 actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.