The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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New Detroit article
Max Fisher addressing the final session of the Founding Assembly
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
Left to Right: Dan Lavin, Art Howard, Max Fisher, Abe Green, John Leerie, and Joseph Holtzman take a break for lunch during the 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign.
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, Golda Meir and others
Damon Keith explains how Henry Ford and Max Fisher were the leaders in Detroit in bringing the community back together after the Riots.
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
A personal letter from Secretary of State George Shultz.
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
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.”
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Max Fisher's retirement speech from United Brands