Bob Duggan is an avid sportsman and has been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise  delighted in swimming and surfing. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. As captain of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball  group, he led his fraternity to the  period's victory. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  frequently  delighted in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, 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. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops nationally and  worldwide, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he <a href="http://www.23hq.com/alexander81u1tixblog/story/18925145">try this website</a> was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior Faculty, 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  nation and has  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized  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  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 served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.