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  resided in Malibu where they regularly  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise entered in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and incredibly taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were  3 years old! Even today, the  household enjoys an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob has been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Typical Sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops  country wide <a href="http://david86r4kklblog.edublogs.org/2014/12/22/robert-duggan-overview-coming-from-all-san-nicolas-dorm-inside-the-uc-santa-barbara/">visit</a> and  worldwide, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  standard acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and has  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed 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 House 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, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  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 city University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  country wide  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.