The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Bob McCabe discusses Max Fisher's key role in the Detroit Renaissance, his leadership and his ability to build consensus.
Max Fisher agrees to serve as Chairman of New Detroit during a meeting at McGregor Conference Center on the Campus of Wayne State University.
Max Fisher poses with a plaque from an article from The Detroit News about his involvement with the renaissance of Detroit.
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and President Jimmy Carter
Congratulatory letter from Brian Kott, President of the Detroit Chapter of the AJC, to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award.
HUD Certificate of Appreciation
Max Fisher addressing the final session of the Founding Assembly
Tribute to Max Fisher
Congratulatory letter from Henry Kissinger to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Letter from President Ronald Reagan to Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, regarding a visit from Max M. Fisher.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.
Congratulatory letter from Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Gerald Ford discusses Max Fisher's effectiveness.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, details Fisher's extensive experience as a highly successful fundraiser.