The Max M. Fisher Resource Center

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An excerpt from The Congressional Record detailing the $50 million loan to Israel agreement.
Left to Right: Thomas A. Murphy (Chairman, General Motors), Max M. Fisher, Robert E. McCabe (President, Detroit Renaissance), A. Alfred Taubman, Frederick C. Matthaei, Jr.
Max Fisher and George Shultz with Jane Sherman at the Council of Jewish Federations General Assembly in San Francisco in 1990, during which Shultz was presented the Human Rights Award by his longtime friend Fisher.
Left to Right: Dan Lavin, Art Howard, Max Fisher, Abe Green, John Leerie, and Joseph Holtzman take a break for lunch during the 1956 Allied Jewish Campaign.
Max Fisher next to his sculpture at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield.
Max Fisher and Zalman Shazar
Gene Miller remembers Max Fisher's integrity, honesty and ability to listen.
Notes and text for Max Fisher's speech to the Detroit Renaissance meeting.
Peter Golden explains Max Fisher's role negotiating between Meir and Nixon for re-supply to Israel.
Edsel Ford claims the name Max Fisher is synonymous with the city of Detroit.
Michigan GOP Honors
Max Fisher with Richard Nixon in the White House
Max Fisher "A Man of Our Times"
Max Fisher with Yitzhak Rabin in 1967.
Special Consultant to the President on Voluntary Action
Bob McCabe discusses Max Fisher's key role in the Detroit Renaissance, his leadership and his ability to build consensus.