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  stayed in Malibu where they  frequently  delighted in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise entered in the  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic 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  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is  browsing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and internationally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia <a href="http://www.kiwibox.com/aiden26h6etiblo/blog">hop over to here</a> Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the first acupuncture clinics in the state and the  nation and  has actually  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and wellness. He has 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 House 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,  faith, 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  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.