The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Michigan GOP Honors
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
Max Fisher with former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Rabbi Shlomo Goren at the Founding Assembly of the RAFI in June 1971.
Congratulatory letter from Henry Kissinger to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Bill Berman talks about Max Fisher's commitment to finding consensus among groups in the pursuit of the right decision.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
1990 letter from Max M. Fisher to Secretary of State Jim Baker concerning Middle East peace policy.
Max Fisher with Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher and President George H. W. Bush outside the White House. Signed, "To Max - I love this shot. Your friend - George Bush"
New Detroit article
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Anti-Defamation League Honors