The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

The Resource Center provides access to a database of photos, video clips, letters, documents, newspaper articles, awards and other archival material. There are several user-friendly ways to search the Resource Center. The “Quick Search” field above offers a keyword search for those who know what they are looking for. Searches can also be filtered by Topic and Type from the pull-down menus to the right. Click on any item on this screen to see more detailed information. On each detail page, click on the Related Resources for additional items of related interest.

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Teaching Resources contain lesson plans focused on Max Fisher's four key values: Wisdom, Generosity, Service, and Leadership. Lessons include individual and group activities and trigger questions for further thought.

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Max Fisher with future Israeli President Ephraim Katzir and Louis Pincus at the Founding Assembly for the Reconstituted JAFI in Jerusalem in 1971.
An excerpt from The Congressional Record  detailing the $50 million loan to Israel agreement.
Gerald Ford recalls Max Fisher's effective fundraising.
Peter Cummings relates Max Fisher's instinct to work behind the scenes.
Congratulatory letter from George P. Shultz to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
In 1999 Max Fisher was named a Michiganian of the Year by The Detroit News.
Robert Aronson on Max Fisher's fundraising prowess.
Peter Golden, Max Fisher's biographer, discusses Fisher's influence with President Ford.
Congratulatory letter from President Gerald Ford to Max Fisher on his receiving the National Distinguished Leadership Award in 1994.
Max Fisher and other Detroit Jewish Welfare Federation Pacesetters in 1965.
Max Fisher's retirement speech from United Brands
Gene Miller calls Max Fisher a Detroit legend.
Renaissance Center
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Detroit business and community leaders, left to right, Robert Surdam, Henry Ford II, Max Fisher, and Robert McCabe in front of the Renaissance Center, late 1970s.
Max and his wife Marjorie at the National Distinguished Leadership Award festivities.