He grew up in San Jose and attended 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  routinely enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <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  big soccer fan after  training his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a  significant  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his  household and  exceptionally taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were three years old! Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his  clients and  customers to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on community,  health and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and  worldwide,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced  standard acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the first acupuncture clinics in the state and the  nation and  has actually  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has testified 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  <a href="http://andrew04z3wlzblog.edublogs.org/2014/12/20/bob-duggan-making-a-decision-on-a-tech-school-during-the-college-search/">website here</a> Residence Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy,  faith, 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  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.