Bob Duggan is an  devoted  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He grew up 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  triumph. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they regularly enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise entered in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  close friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a  significant  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his family and  extremely taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the family enjoys an  yearly ten-day  browsing  journey together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops  across the country and  worldwide,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced traditional acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the  very 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  country wide recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He  has actually  affirmed  prior to 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 advanced degrees in  approach, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  functioned as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Research studies from New York University and a <a href="http://alexander05j9tnhblog.postbit.com/robert-duggan-walkers.html">see it here</a> master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  country wide certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.