The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Bill Berman talks about Max Fisher's commitment to finding consensus among groups in the pursuit of the right decision.
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
1960 UJA Overseas Report
The Detroit Riots of 1967
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
Left to Right: Dan Lavin, Art Howard, Max Fisher, Abe Green, John Leerie, and Joseph Holtzman take a break for lunch during the 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign.
Christmas shoppers in Detroit in the 1950s
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Max Fisher agreed to serve as Chairman of Detroit Renaissance, a civic organization with the goal of economic growth for Detroit. The directors included dozens of the most recognizable leaders in Detroit's business community including James M. Roche, Chairman of General Motors and Joseph Hudson, Jr., President of Hudson's Department Stores.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to White House Chief of Staff John Sununu concerning U.S. policy toward Jerusalem.
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
The original New Detroit committee. Max Fisher is in the second row, far left.