The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Gene Miller relates Max Fisher's legendary fundraising power.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
In 1988, Max Fisher was awarded this elaborate Shield of Zion by the American Zionist Federation of Los Angeles.
Left to Right: Max M. Fisher, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, Michigan Governor William Milliken
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Congratulatory letter from Dick Cheney to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Anti-Defamation League Honors
Letter to Max M. Fisher from Moshe Arad, former Israeli Ambassador to the United States.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
Blighted urban housing in Detroit in the 1970s
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.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Abba Eban dinner
Michigan Senate 80th Birthday Honors