The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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American Jewish Committee Human Relations Award
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Michigan GOP Honors
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
New Detroit article
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Damon Keith recalls Max Fisher's wisdom in negotiations with African-American leaders in Detroit and his commitment to the city.
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.