The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
Elie Weisel, Max Fisher and Golda Meir
Damon Keith recalls Max Fisher's wisdom in negotiations with African-American leaders in Detroit and his commitment to the city.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Max Fisher poses with a plaque from an article from The Detroit News about his involvement with the renaissance of Detroit.
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.