The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Robert Aronson talks about the quiet diplomat.
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.
Max Fisher with Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher and President George H. W. Bush outside the White House. Signed, "To Max - I love this shot. Your friend - George Bush"
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.
Groundbreaking for Renaissance Center
New Detroit article
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
In 1988, Max Fisher was awarded this elaborate Shield of Zion by the American Zionist Federation of Los Angeles.
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
Anti-Defamation League Honors
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.