The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Michigan Senate 80th Birthday Honors
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Max and his wife Marjorie at the National Distinguished Leadership Award festivities.
"Believe in a brighter future for Detroit" article
Detroit Renaissance Construction
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
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 with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
Photographs of Max Fisher and Louis Pincus, the architects of the reconstitution of the Jewish Agency, in Israel in 1964.
Peter Cummings remembers Max Fisher's leadership and commitment to Detroit, and on his loyalty to people and causes.
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
United Jewish Appeal LBJ Plaque
Detroit Renaissance Resolution of Appreciation Award