The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher in front of the iconic Fisher Building in Detroit, and in his office on the 22nd floor.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
Congratulatory letter from Teddy Kollek to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
President Reagan's Task Force Welcoming Letter
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.
"The Amazing Life of Max Fisher" ran as the feature story on the front page of The Detroit Free Press on October 2, 2003 and detailed the life of the philanthropist and the opening of the Max M. Fisher Music Center at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Place.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
Max Fisher speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Michigan. (L-R) JCC President John H. Shepard, Max Fisher, Executive Director Alvin L. Kushner, and Judge Damon J. Keith.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
1961 United Foundation Torch Drive
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.