The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Robert Aronson explains that Max Fisher could ask people for money effectively and get what he asked for.
Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Milwaukee Journal article entitled "Detroit Refuses to Give Up" about the Detroit Renaissance.
Edsel Ford explains why his father, Henry, liked Max Fisher.
Anti-Defamation League Honors
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
Jewish Statesmanship Award
Detroit's Renaissance Center Article
Correspondence between Max M. Fisher and Judge Sherman C. Finesilver concerning the Rogers Plan.
Congratulatory letter from Bob Dole to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher, Gerald Ford and other members of the UJA and the State Department signing the contract in the Thomas Jefferson Room of the State Dept. Building.
Max and his wife Marjorie at the National Distinguished Leadership Award festivities.
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.”
Henry Ford II presents a check to Max M. Fisher and the United Jewish Appeal.
Bob McCabe explains how the Ren Cen was a catalyst for revitalizing Detroit.