The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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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.”
Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
Left to Right (seated): Gottlieb Hammer (Executive Vice Chairman, UIA); Melvin Dubinsky (President and Board Chairman of UIA); Frank Kellogg (Special Assistant to the Secretary of State) Left to Right (standing): Simcha Dinitz (Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.); Leonard Garment (Special Consultant to President Nixon); Walter Stoessel, Jr. (Assistant Secretary for European Affairs); Joseph Sisco (Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs); Marshall Wright (Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations); Max M. Fisher (Chairman, Jewish Agency Board of Governors).
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.
Max Fisher in 25 words or less poster.
Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
Special Consultant to the President on Voluntary Action
Michigan Senate 80th Birthday Honors
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Anti-Defamation League Honors
Congratulatory letter from President Ronald Reagan to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication