The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Congratulatory letter from President Bill Clinton to Max Fisher for receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
"The Gang of Eight" article
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
Operation Exodus Campaign Inaugural meeting
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Michigan Senate 80th Birthday Honors
Anti-Defamation League Honors
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
Max Fisher agreed to serve as Chairman of Detroit Renaissance, a civic organization with the goal of economic growth for Detroit. The directors included dozens of the most recognizable leaders in Detroit's business community including James M. Roche, Chairman of General Motors and Joseph Hudson, Jr., President of Hudson's Department Stores.