The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Louis Hamburger, Edward C. Levy, Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Itzhak Rabin, and Samuel Hamburger during the Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters Meeting at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.
Abba Eban dinner
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Anti-Defamation League Honors
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and President Jimmy Carter
Detroit's Renaissance Center Article
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
Tribute to Max Fisher
In the Fall of 1971, Henry Ford undertook the largest single building venture in Detroit’s history. The project was the Renaissance Center, also known as “RenCen.”
Letter from Max M. Fisher to President Nixon concerning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's 1969 visit.
Max and Marjorie Fisher with Henry Ford II and his wife, Christina, during a trip to Israel in 1972.