The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Al Taubman talks about the key to Max's ability to raise funds.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
Max Fisher, Paul Milstein and Seymour Milstein
Tribute to Max Fisher
Henry Ford II speaks to a crowd of reporters and well-wishers at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Renaissance Center on a rainy day in Detroit.
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Letter from Max M. Fisher to President Nixon concerning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's 1969 visit.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's success in fundraising.
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Bob McCabe describes the relationship between Max Fisher and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young.
Left to Right: Thomas A. Murphy (Chairman, General Motors), Max M. Fisher, Robert E. McCabe (President, Detroit Renaissance), A. Alfred Taubman, Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.
Max Fisher's biographer, Peter Golden, explains Fisher's lead-by-example fundraising strategy.
Jewish Statesmanship Award
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.
Max Fisher poses with a plaque from an article from The Detroit News about his involvement with the renaissance of Detroit.