The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Hebrew University of Jerusalem Honorary Doctorate
Tribute to Max Fisher
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Max Fisher speaking at the 40th anniversary of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit at Shaarey Zedek Synagogue in Southfield, Michigan. (L-R) JCC President John H. Shepard, Max Fisher, Executive Director Alvin L. Kushner, and Judge Damon J. Keith.
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
Max Fisher holding his award with Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of the American Hebrew Congregations, and Industrialist Lester Avnot.
Agreement for the Reconstitution of the Jewish Agency of Israel
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and President Jimmy Carter
Max Fisher fundraising at the famous annual Fisher Meeting in his home, 1984.
Peter Cummings remembers Max Fisher's leadership and commitment to Detroit, and on his loyalty to people and causes.
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
"Detroit Renaissance: A Decade of Progress and A Commitment to the Future," 1981 address by Max M. Fisher, Chairman of the Board, Detroit Renaissance, Inc.