The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Congratulatory letter from George P. Shultz to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
"The Amazing Life of Max Fisher" ran as the feature story on the front page of The Detroit Free Press on October 2, 2003 and detailed the life of the philanthropist and the opening of the Max M. Fisher Music Center at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Place.
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Max Fisher and President Ronald Reagan in the oval office.
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
A personal letter from Secretary of State George Shultz.
1960 UJA Overseas Report
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
In 1974, the Hadassah Wizo of Canada, a Jewish women's philanthropic organization, inscribed Max Fisher as a governor of the Haifa Community College in Winnipeg.
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.