The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Bob McCabe describes his early days as president of Detroit Renaissance.
Max Fisher in 1977
Max Fisher; Former Mayor of Detroit Coleman Young; Former Governor of Michigan William Milliken
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.
Letter from Max M. Fisher to The Texas Jewish Post in support of President Reagan's economic policy.
Max Fisher with former Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Rabbi Shlomo Goren at the Founding Assembly of the RAFI in June 1971.
Coleman Young amid construction of Detroit's Renaissance Center
Max Fisher, chairman of the board of directors, speaking at the United Brands Co. Annual Meeting in 1976.
1999, Michiganian of the Year Award
Max Fisher and George Shultz with Jane Sherman at the Council of Jewish Federations General Assembly in San Francisco in 1990, during which Shultz was presented the Human Rights Award by his longtime friend Fisher.
Max Fisher, Yigal Allon and Yosef Tekoah
Max Fisher speaks at the Allied Jewish Campaign fundraising event in 1958.
Damon Keith remembers Max Fisher's courage in standing against the Detroit Police Department after the Riots in 1967.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Louis Hamburger, Edward C. Levy, Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Itzhak Rabin, and Samuel Hamburger during the Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters Meeting at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel in Detroit.
Peter Cummings explains why Max Fisher is such an effective fund-raiser.
Max Fisher poses with a plaque from an article from The Detroit News about his involvement with the renaissance of Detroit.