The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Date: December 4, 1994
Media Type: Award
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Date: September 9, 2003
Media Type: Video
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Date: March 10, 1981
Media Type: Letter
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Date: September 9, 2003
Media Type: Video
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Date: May 5, 1975
Media Type: Photo
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Media Type: Photo
Left to Right: Phillip Hart, J.L. Hudson, Jr., Robert P. Griffin, and Max Fisher
Media Type: Photo
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
Date: December 1, 1994
Media Type: Letter
Congratulatory letter from Israeli President Ezer Weizman to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Media Type: Photo
Detroit Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, who opposed city tax breaks for the development of Riverfront
Date: May 16, 1981
Media Type: Award
Jewish Statesmanship Award
Media Type: Photo
Max Fisher with Henry Kissinger in the White House. Signed, "To Max Fisher - With the affection and admiration of his friend - Henry A. Kissinger."
Date: June 15, 1982
Media Type: Photo
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Media Type: Photo
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Date: January 1, 1976
Media Type: Document
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
Date: January 1, 1976
Media Type: Photo
Max Fisher speaking to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in 1976.
Date: September 9, 2003
Media Type: Video
Robert Aronson talks about the quiet diplomat.