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  frequently enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  close friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his children'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  browsing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  exceptionally taught each of his children to surf by the time they were  3 years old! Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day  browsing  journey together. Bob has been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and  worldwide, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, 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 recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed before 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  Home Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. <a href="http://michael60r0rhyblog.soup.io/post/508790520/Bob-Duggan-Overview-Of-The-San-Nicolas">browse this site</a> He has 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 served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.