The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Photographs from the Conference on Human Needs in Israel, 1969.
A personal letter from Secretary of State George Shultz.
Max Fisher Jewish Community Foundation Dedication
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
1961 United Foundation Torch Drive
Bob McCabe remembers how Max Fisher made the Ren Cen happen.
Max Fisher with Leon Dulzin, Joseph Sternstein, Charlotte Jacobson, and Ephraim Evron at the American Assembly for Zionism and Israel in 1981.
A handwritten letter to Max M. Fisher from an L.A. Times reader thanking him for his role in negotiating the Rogers Plan.
Detroit Councilman Kenneth Cockrel, who opposed city tax breaks for the development of Riverfront
Groundbreaking on the Riverfront Apartments
Robert Aronson reflects on Max Fisher's historic influence on behalf of Israel.
Max M. Fisher at the National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony in 1994.
In 1984, Max Fisher wrote an article for the Detroit Free Press titled "Believe in a brighter future for Detroit."
1994 National Distinguished Leadership Award ceremony program showing Peter Golden and Mary Fisher as guest speakers.
Detroit Mayor Coleman Young and President Jimmy Carter
Max Fisher with Marjorie, Jane Sherman, and others at the JAFI Assembly in 1990.