Hill International's Top Ten Projects

1. Palm Islands, Dubai, UAE 2. Iraq Reconstruction Program 3. Comcast Center, Philadelphia 4. World Trade Center Site Transportation Hub, New York 5. U.S. Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. 6. Bawadi Hotel Complex, Dubai, UAE 7. Hamad Medical City, Dohar, Qatar 8. National Constitution Center, Philadelphia 9. United Nations Headquarters Complex, New York 10. Dubai Tower, Doha, Qatar

There was also one more "perk," acknowledged a grateful son. "I've had an opportunity to learn from my best teacher and mentor — my own father. And it just doesn't get any better than that."

Sally Friedman is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and has been a freelance writer for three decades. She has contributed to The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Newark Star-Ledger and other major newspapers and magazines. Along with feature writing, she is also an essayist whose weekly columns run in the Journal Register newspaper chain.