The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Abba Eban dinner
Jewish Statesmanship Award
Michigan GOP Honors
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Max M. Fisher with A. Alfred Taubman in the early 1980s
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.
Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and President Jimmy Carter
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Letter to President George H.W. Bush the Chairmen of the National Jewish Coalition.
Detroit News on July 15, 1971