Each week in Just the Fax, we will profile one of the recipients of our 2020 Richard McKeagan Scholarship Series. This week’s recipient is Alisha Suthakaran.

Alisha received a scholarship from sponsor Reliance Worldwide Corporation. She is a student at McMaster University in the fourth year of the Civil Engineering program.

“As I’ve progressed in my engineering education, I’ve begun to understand the complexities behind large-scale projects and the harmony required between the various subsystems to coordinate its execution. I hope to eventually obtain my professional engineering license and potentially be involved in bringing a large idea to life.”

“I hope to leverage what I have learned to positively contribute to an organization and the industry as a whole. In doing so, I hope that down the line, more individuals with backgrounds similar to myself will consider and pursue a career in the mechanical contracting industry.“

“I am a member of the MCAC McMaster student chapter and this year’s competition team. I have been involved in several student organizations throughout my time at university including the McMaster Engineering Society, Heavy Construction Student Association, Women in Engineering Society, and the Troitsky Bridge Competition where I am a former co-captain.”

Source: HistoryNet.com

1775: The Bill of Rights is ratified in Congress.
1890: As U.S. Army soldiers attempt to arrest Sitting Bull at his cabin in Standing Rock, South Dakota, shooting breaks out and Lt. Bullhead shoots the great Sioux leader.
1924: The Soviet Union warns the United States against repeated entry of ships into Soviet territorial waters.
1946: Vietnam leader Ho Chi Minh sends a note to the new French Premier, Leon Blum, asking for peace talks.
1961: Adolf Eichmann, the former German Gestapo official accused of a major role in the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews, is sentenced by a Jerusalem court to be hanged.
1965: The United States drops 12 tons of bombs on an industrial center near Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam.
1972: The Commonwealth of Australia orders equal pay for women.
1973: The American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders.
1976: The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant causes one of the worst marine oil spills in history when it runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts.
1978: U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces the United States will recognize the People's Republic of China and will sever all relations with Taiwan.
1981: In what is often called the first modern suicide bombing, a suicide car bomb kills 61 people at the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon; Iraq's ambassador to Lebanon is among the casualties.
1993: The Downing Street Declaration, issued jointly by U.K. and the Republic of Ireland, affirms the U.K. would transfer Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland only if a majority of Northern Ireland's people approved.
2001: The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after an 11-year, $27 million project to fortify it without eliminating its famed lean.
2005: F-22 Raptor Stealth fighter enters active service with the U.S. Air Force.