The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Abba Eban dinner
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
New Detroit article
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Max M. Fisher with A. Alfred Taubman in the early 1980s
Congratulatory letter from Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.
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.