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 lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A  big soccer fan after  training his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day  browsing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his  clients and  customers to see new possibilities. He is the author of  Usual Sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and  globally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the 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  across the country  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and  health. He  has actually  affirmed  prior to 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  Home Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, 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 Studies from  New york city University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. <a href="http://blog.easybranches.com/activity-streams/p/1061334/">Learn More</a> Joseph's Seminary. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a nationally  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.