The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Mary Fisher on Max's ability to find the solution.
Max Fisher speaking to the General Assembly in Philadelphia in 1976.
Congratulatory letter from Teddy Kollek to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher signing the Agreement for the Reconstitution of the newly Reconstituted Jewish Agency for Israel
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.
Robert Aronson explains how Max Fisher has been indispensible to Israeli leaders in helping them deal with America.
Chaim Weizmann Portrait
President Reagan honored Max Fisher with the Presidential Citizen Medal at the White House in 1989.
Peter Cummings remembers Max Fisher's leadership and commitment to Detroit, and on his loyalty to people and causes.
Max Fisher in meetings with President Ford and staff in the White House in the spring of 1975.
Letters congratulating Max Fisher on his 1971 "What Can We Do for Detroit?" speech.
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Jane Sherman talks about her father's motivation to help rebuild Detroit after the 1967 riots.
Max Fisher at his office in the Fisher Building.
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.