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 enjoyed swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He also  went into in the  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <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  close friends. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest however is  browsing. Even today, the  household  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and clients to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  globally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced  standard acupuncture since 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  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  companies on complementary  medication and  health. He  has actually testified 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 Alternative  Medication. 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 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  Faith from St. Joseph's  Academy. <a href="http://ryan74j9wusblog.blog.com/2014/12/15/robert-duggan-pharmacyclics/">click over here now</a> His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.