You usually can't get a loftier recognition in any field than being honored with an accolade that pretty much says it all.
As the Gold Medal Award co-honoree at the 52nd Biennial Convention of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania's Sons of Italy, which was held this week in King of Prussia, Francis Recchuiti was aware of a certain irony as he accepted the distinction.
When the Sons of Italy was formed 100 years ago, the futures of highly successful Italian-American attorneys like Recchuiti in the New World were still fanciful notions for many.
