The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Max Fisher and George Shultz with Jane Sherman at the Council of Jewish Federations General Assembly in San Francisco in 1990, during which Shultz was presented the Human Rights Award by his longtime friend Fisher.
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
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.”
Michigan Senate 80th Birthday Honors
Detroit Renaissance Construction
Max discusses why he had been a successful fund-raiser.
Robert Aronson talks about the quiet diplomat.
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 Secretary of State James A. Baker III to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.
1961 United Foundation Torch Drive
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
Construction of Renaissance Center