The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Congratulatory letter from President Ronald Reagan to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
Max Fisher's retirement speech from United Brands
Al Taubman talks about the key to Max's ability to raise funds.
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
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.
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
Max M. Fisher at the Scopus Award Dinner with Alan E. Schwartz and President Gerald R. Ford.
The Alpha Kappa Psi Civic Award, "For service to country and community and inspiring leadership," presented to Max Fisher in 1970 by the Delta Theta Chapter of the University of Detroit.
In 1974, the Hadassah Wizo of Canada, a Jewish women's philanthropic organization, inscribed Max Fisher as a governor of the Haifa Community College in Winnipeg.