The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Left to Right: Alan E. Schwartz, Joseph L. Hudson, Robert E. McCabe, Max M. Fisher, A. Alfred Taubman
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Jack J. Spitzer, President of B'nai B'rith International.
Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Bar-Ilan Degree
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.
HUD Certificate of Appreciation
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Congratulatory letter from President Ronald Reagan to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Louis Pincus addressing the Founding Assembly of the Reconstituted JAFI in June 1971.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
President Reagan's Task Force Welcoming Letter
Damon Keith recalls Max Fisher's wisdom in negotiations with African-American leaders in Detroit and his commitment to the city.
Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher presenting an award to Nate Appleman.
"The Gang of Eight" article
United Jewish Appeal V-E Day Commemorative Medal