The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
A handsome token of appreciation given to Max and Marjorie Fisher from the Jewish Federation of Detroit, of which Max Fisher was president from 1959 to 1964.
Congratulatory letter from Bob Dole to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Bar-Ilan Degree
Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
In 1988, Max Fisher was awarded this elaborate Shield of Zion by the American Zionist Federation of Los Angeles.
Congratulatory letter from President George H.W. Bush to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
Detroit News on July 15, 1971
Special Consultant to the President on Voluntary Action
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.