The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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The Riverfront development in Detroit, part of the city's Renaissance led by Fisher and Taubman
Peter Cummings describes what it's like to work with Max Fisher.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Max Fisher speaking to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in 1976.
Jewish Agency for Israel leaders Max M. Fisher and Louis Pincus in 1970.
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.
Bill Berman describes Max Fisher's belief that consensus was not "the middle ground," but the process of getting a group to all reach the right decision.
Max with his daughter Mary at the American Jewish Committee's National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony.
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.
Renaissance Center and Riverfront
A 1966 Detroit Jewish News article titled "Israel is Facing Massive Absorption Job" quotes Max Fisher heavily.
Robert Aronson reflects on Max Fisher's historic influence on behalf of Israel.
Clips from 1969 articles highlighting Max Fisher's appointment as a Special Advisor to President Nixon.
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.
Max M. Fisher prepares to accept the National Distinguished Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee in 1994.