The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
An excerpt from The Congressional Record detailing the $50 million loan to Israel agreement.
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
"Detroit Renaissance: A Decade of Progress and A Commitment to the Future," 1981 address by Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Renaissance, Inc.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Congratulatory letter from Dick Cheney to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Agreement for the Reconstitution of the Jewish Agency of Israel
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
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.”
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.
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.